Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '  N , 8 ° 1'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Bad Bergzabern
Height :	216 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.32 km 2
Residents:	810 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	152 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76889
Area code :	06343
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 029
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Königstrasse 61 76887 Bad Bergzabern
Website :	www.gleiszellen-gleishorbach.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus-Peter Gittler ( CDU )
Location of the local community Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach in the district of Südliche Weinstrasse

Winzergasse in track cells

Gasthaus "Zum Lam̅" in the Winzergasse

Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Bad Bergzabern , within which it is the ninth largest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

The community is located in the Weinstrasse region on the eastern edge of the Wasgau , which is formed by the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the northern part of the Vosges . It consists of the districts Gleiszellen in the north and Gleishorbach in the south; structurally, both have now almost grown together. In addition to the two districts, the community also includes the Villa Bender residential area , which is located in the southeast of the district. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Klingenmünster , Heuchelheim-Klingen , Pleisweiler-Oberhofen , Bad Bergzabern and Silz . The territory of the municipality also includes the nature reserves Haardtrand - Wolfsteig , Haardtrand - Lehnsberg and Haardtrand - Am Klingbach .

Elevations and waters

The Röhlberg (448 m), the Spitzenberg (413 m) and the Steinköpfchen (388 m) are striking elevations in the parish of the municipality. The Horbach flows through the community in a west-east direction . On site, the Brühlgraben joins this from the left . In the west of the district in the middle of the Palatinate Forest is the Sauhäusel fountain , which is classified as a natural monument .

history

In 1136 the first documentary mention of track cells as "Glizencella" followed, in 1304 the first of Gleishorbach as "Horbach". The place name Gleiszellen indicates a connection with the Blidenfeld monastery . Excavations show that there was a "branch" of the monastery above the village, on the Kirchberg.

From the end of the 18th century, both places were part of the French Republic , then part of the Napoleonic Empire until 1815 , and incorporated into the canton of Bergzabern in the department of the Lower Rhine . In 1815 they were added to Austria . Just one year later, like the entire Palatinate , they moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 “Gleis-Horbach and Gleis-cells” belonged to the Bergzabern Land Commissioner ; The Bergzabern district office emerged from this .

In 1939 Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach was incorporated into the Bergzabern district. After the Second World War , the municipality within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform changed the place on 7 June 1969 in the newly created district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . 1972 Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach was assigned to the also newly formed community of Bad Bergzabern .

religion

At the end of 2013, 42.3 percent of the population were Protestant and 35.9 percent Catholic . The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	WGR 1	WGR 2	total
2019	5	5	2	-	-	12 seats
2014	4th	4th	1	3	-	12 seats
2009	4th	4th	2	1	1	12 seats
2004	3	4th	3	2	-	12 seats

mayor

Klaus-Peter Gittler (CDU) became mayor of Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach on July 1, 2019 . In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 85.58 percent of the vote. His predecessors were Karl-Heinz Wegmann (CDU), who held the office from 2004 to 2009, and then again from 2014, as well as Sven-Erik Ball in the electoral term in between. Heinz Wissing (FWG) was local mayor from 1974 to 2004 .

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided by red and silver, at the top between two six-pointed silver stars a golden sign resembling both an S and a G, at the bottom three blue flowers with golden lugs on a green stem."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1982 and goes back to a court seal from 1596.

Culture

Monuments

Track cells, south of the village: Catholic Church of St. Dionysius

The town centers of Gleiszellen and Gleishorbach as well as the veterans cemetery are designated as monument zones; there are also 19 individual objects . which are under monument protection .

Events

The Big Flower Festival takes place in Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach is a winegrowing village and as such part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . The individual layers Frühmess and Kirchberg exist on site . The place is above all a stronghold of muscatel cultivation in Germany . About 12 hectares of Gelber Muskateller , this corresponds to about 7% of the German vineyards planted with Muscatel, are concentrated in the locations of the municipality. For this reason, a corresponding Muscatel circular hiking trail was set up in 2007, which begins south of the town at the Catholic Church dedicated to Dionysius of Paris .

The gastronomy of Gleiszell and the traditional wine festivals in the Winzergasse are an important tourism and economic factor .

traffic

The German Wine Route , which is identical to Bundesstrasse 48 in this area , runs east of the development. Glelszellen-Gleishorbach is connected to the local transport network via the 540 bus in the Rhein-Neckar transport association. The closest train station is the one in Bad Bergzabern .

The community is also on the German Wine Route and the Palatinate Almond Trail .

Personalities

• Friedrich Jossé (1897–1994), the painter lived in the village for a long time and has many watercolors from the Südl. Leave behind the wine route.
• Hans Kindermann (1911–1997), sculptor, died on site.

Web links

Commons : Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach  - Collection of images

• Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach - The wine and holiday resort in the southern Palatinate. Website of the local community Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach. 
• Wolfgang Hax: Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach on the southern Weinstrasse. 
• Literature about Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 101 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Gerhard Sommer: Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach: Two councilors in addition to the new local chief. Die Rheinpfalz, July 3, 2019, accessed on April 20, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, election of the honorary local and city mayors
7. ↑ Gerhard Sommer: On Case II: Which local chiefs in the Bad Bergzabern community are running again. Die Rheinpfalz, October 1, 2018, accessed on April 20, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Welcome to Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach. Mayor until 2014. Wolfgang Hax, Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach, accessed on April 20, 2020 . 
9. ^ Village history. Small village chronicle, 1974. In: History of Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach and the southern Palatinate. Wolfgang Hax, Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach, accessed on April 20, 2020 . 
10. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
11. ^ Palatinate - Under the sign of the muscatel . In: German viticulture . No. 19, September 23, 2011.