Großbundenbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 18 '  N , 7 ° 25'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Zweibrücken-Land
Height :	339 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.9 km 2
Residents:	335 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66501
Area code :	06337
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 209
Association administration address:	Landauer Strasse 18-20 66482 Zweibrücken
Website :	www.grossbundenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Dieter Glahn (FDP / SPD)
Location of the local community Großbundenbach in the district of Südwestpfalz

Großbundenbach is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Zweibrücken-Land . The village describes itself as "The Walnut Village".

geography

Großbundenbach is located on the Sickinger Höhe between Landstuhl and the independent city of Zweibrücken .

history

Großbundenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1178. It belonged to the Lords of Steinkallenfels until 1674 , when it was bought by the Cathcart family at Carbiston and in 1777 in exchange for Wolfersheim in Pfalz-Zweibrücken . 1920, moved from the district office Homburg for district office two bridges .

Population development

The development of the population of Großbundenbach, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 370 1835 441 1871 351 1905 378 1939 338 1950 395

year Residents 1961 353 1970 365 1987 354 1997 398 2005 388 2017 337

politics

Municipal council

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

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	Flat share 1	Flat share 2	total
2019	5	-	1	2	8 seats
2014	by majority vote				8 seats
2009	5	3	-	-	8 seats
2004	5	3	-	-	8 seats

mayor

Dieter Glahn (FDP, on the open SPD list) became the local mayor of Großbundenbach in 2009. Most recently in the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 62.26%. Glahn's predecessor Jochen Schael (SPD) held the office from 1979 to 2009.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Shield divided by a golden bar, above in green asilver leopard stridingto the right , below in green a left-facing Easter lamb with a flag (red cross on a silver field) and a golden nimbus."

Attractions

Parish Church of St. Martin

In 2011 Großbundenbach won the special class in Rhineland-Palatinate in the competition Our village has a future .

• There are still some remains of the wall from Bundenbach Castle .
• Evangelical Parish Church of St. Martin - a small cathedral: the tower of the originally Romanesque church has been preserved. At the beginning of the 14th century, a Gothic three-aisled hall church was added, the wall paintings of which were discovered in 1908 and partially exposed again. It is the most splendid of the small group of Gothic stepped halls on the Sickinger Höhe . As a former fortified church, St. Martin's Church still has its ring wall, within which the churchyard was until 1853. The deep notches in the wall behind the entrance portal show that the entrance could be barricaded if danger threatened. The Romanesque choir tower from around 1200 and the Gothic nave from around 1320 form a unit thanks to the warm tone of the red and yellow sandstone. Inside, the keystones of the ribbed vault are figurative. The Steinkallenfels and the Cathcart zu Carbiston used the church as a burial place. Magnificent epitaphs decorate the choir room. Under the altar is the crypt with the bones of the noble families.
• Old village well.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Großbundenbach

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 2009: Jochen Schael (* 1946), for his services to the community. In the local council since 1974, the SPD politician was elected mayor in 1979 and held this office until 2009. During his tenure, numerous projects were implemented and the community successfully took part in the "Our village has a future" competition several times. In 1998 Schael received the Freiherr vom Stein plaque from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and in 2006 the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Born in Großbundenbach

• Hans-Georg Schweppenhäuser (1898–1983), engineer and anthroposophist
• Christian Winter (* 1934), university professor for zoology

Web links

Commons : Großbundenbach  - Collection of images

• Official website of the community Großbundenbach
• Großbundenbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde
• The bell of the Protestant St. Martin's Church in Großbundenbach (Palatinate)
• Literature about Großbundenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Großbundenbach: FDP man Glahn leads the SPD list. Pfälzischer Merkur, March 8, 2019, accessed on March 23, 2020 . 
5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Zweibrücken-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved March 23, 2020 . 
6. ^ List of all mayors of Großbundenbach. Großbundenbach community, accessed on March 23, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Press release of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior of September 22, 2011
8. ^ Bernhard H. Benkhoff: 800 years of St. Martin Großbundenbach. Published by the Prot. Kirchengemeinde Großbundenbach, 2006.
9. ↑ Jochen Schael. Großbundenbach community, accessed on March 23, 2020 . 
10. ↑ A man of action. Pfälzischer Merkur, September 1, 2016, accessed on March 23, 2020 .