Gonbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	Winnweiler
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.93 km 2
Residents:	479 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	163 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67724
Area code :	06302
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 027
Association administration address:	Jakobstrasse 29 67722 Winnweiler
Website :	www.gonbach.de
Local Mayor :	Jürgen Berberich ( CDU )
Location of the local community Gonbach in the Donnersbergkreis

Gonbach is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Winnweiler community .

geography

Gonbach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate in the Donnersbergkreis and there in the North Palatinate Uplands east of the Alsenz river and 1 km above Münchweiler on a steep hill at a height of 290  m .

history

Barrows prove that Celts already settled in the area . In 1019 the first documentary mention was made as "Nieder-" and "Oberganenbach". From the Middle Ages until 1972, Gonbach was administered by the larger neighboring municipality of Münchweiler and also shares the history of this place.

Gonbach fell from Liningian property in 1705, together with Münchweiler, as a dowry to Count Ferdinand Andreas von Wiser (1677–1751), whose wife was a born Countess von Leinigen. The Counts of Wiser remained the local rulers until the German area on the left bank of the Rhine fell to France in 1798 . In 1816 the village became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria , from 1946 to Rhineland-Palatinate . In 1972 it was assigned to the Winnweiler community and received its own local mayor . The Counts of Wiser - who still live at Wiser Castle in Hirschberg on Bergstrasse - are particularly significant for Gonbach, as the colors blue / gold and the star split in those colors have been transferred from their family coat of arms to the Gonbach local coat of arms.

With the establishment of a craftsmen's guild in 1724, Count Ferdinand Andreas von Wiser promoted the economic development of the village, especially the linen weaving , as indicated by the shuttle in the municipal coat of arms .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Gonbach consists of 12 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. In the electoral period from 2014, the municipal council temporarily only had eight members.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	DEG	total
2019	7th	5	-	-	12 seats
2014	4th	3	1	-	8 seats
2009	4th	3	2	3	12 seats
2004	by majority vote				12 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Gonbach e. V.
• DEG = Voting Group Village Development Gonbach e. V.

mayor

Jürgen Berberich (CDU) is the local mayor. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 76.97% of the votes.

coat of arms

Description : Square; Field 1 divided by blue and red by a silver bar, inside a red shuttle, field 2 in silver a red squirrel holding a golden acorn, in field 3 in gold and field 4 in blue a six-pointed star in mixed up colors.

Culture

Regular events

On the weekend with the second Sunday in September, the community celebrates its traditional Kerwe from Friday to Monday .

In addition, other events of the local associations take place throughout the year: Rose Monday regulars table, slaughter festival, Hamburger Day, forest service, motto evening or knuckle food at the youth and leisure club, Easter bonfire of the CDU, witch's night of the fire brigade support association, chill out party with family day and fountain festival at the SPD, the playground party of the playmothers, singing together at the Kneipp pool, recitals and Christmas carols by the choir, carnival or theater performances as well as wine tastings at the cultural and sports club.

dialect

Gonbach devoted himself - through his culture and sports club (KSV) - above all to maintaining the Palatinate dialect . The Gonbach dialect poet competition was held annually in autumn from 1984 to 2011 . The most successful participants were Hans Jürgen Schweizer from Bad Dürkheim, who came out on top six times, and Rolf Büssecker from Beindersheim with five first places. Waltraud Meißner won three times , Albert H. Keil and Friedel May were at the top twice each.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

On the national highway 48 west of Münchweiler and the Highway 63 Gonbach is connected to the national road network to the north. The A 63, junction Winnweiler, is about 4 km away, to the A 6, junction Enkenbach, it is about 10 km. The journey to Kaiserslautern is around 17 km long.

The Alsenz Valley Railway ( Kaiserslautern - Bingen ), a branch line of the Deutsche Bahn , also runs through Münchweiler .

literature

• Literature about Gonbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
• Bernd Feldner (Ed.): Gonbach. Chronicle of a North Palatinate community . Gonbach 1991.
• Bernd Feldner (Ed.): Gonbach. Chronicle of a North Palatinate community . Part II. Gonbach 2017.
• Bernd Feldner: Gonbacher stories . True everyday stories from a North Palatinate village. Gonbach 2019.

Web links

Commons : Gonbach  - Collection of Images

• SWR television : Short portrait of Gonbach with a film
• Excerpts from the local chronicle of Gonbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Website on the Counts of Wiser with a picture of their coat of arms.
3. ↑ website Gonbacher history with regard to the establishment of the trade guild by Count of Wiser.
4. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: municipal council election 2019 Gonbach. Retrieved September 1, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections.
6. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. Retrieved on September 1, 2019 (see Winnweiler, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth row of results).