Godelhausen

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Godelhausen
Local church Theisbergstegen
Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 40 ″  N , 7 ° 26 ′ 41 ″  E
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 66871
Area code : 06381
Godelhausen (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Godelhausen

Location of Godelhausen in Rhineland-Palatinate

Godelhausen is a district of the local community Theisbergstegen in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate . Until 1969 it was an independent community.

geography

Godelhausen is located in the southern municipal area on the left bank of the Glan in the so-called Musikantenland , a part of the North Palatinate Bergland .

history

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Godelhausen was incorporated into the Kusel canton . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, the place changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Kusel , which was then converted into a district office. In addition, Godelhausen was the seat of a mayor's office, to which the nearby Rutsweiler am Glan belonged.

In 1939 the place was incorporated into the Kusel district. After the Second World War , Godelhausen became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In 1967 the community won the gold medal in the competition “Our village should be more beautiful” . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , Godelhausen was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Theisbergstegen in 1969.

Culture

With two courtyards, a transverse house and the former school house, there are a total of four objects on site that are listed .

Infrastructure

The district road 18 , which connects the place with Theisbergstegen and Matzenbach , runs through Godelhausen . Although the Landstuhl – Kusel railway passes the eastern edge of the settlement, the place never had a train stop due to its small size. The next one is Theisbergstegen train station .

Sons and daughters of the place