Großfischlingen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 16 '  N , 8 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Edenkoben
Height :	132 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.31 km 2
Residents:	608 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	141 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67483
Area code :	06323
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 035
Association administration address:	Poststrasse 23 67480 Edenkoben
Website :	www.grossfischlingen.de
Local Mayor :	Daniel Koebler
Location of the local community Großfischlingen in the district of Südliche Weinstrasse

The townscape of Großfischlingen

Großfischlingen is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Edenkoben .

geography

location

The local community is located 4 km southeast of Edenkoben between the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine in the middle of the so-called Gäu . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Venningen , Altdorf , Freimersheim , Kleinfischlingen , Essingen and Edesheim .

Waters

The Modenbach runs in a west-east direction through the middle of the settlement area. The Kaltenbach forms the southern boundary and the Lachgraben largely the northern boundary.

history

Großfischlingen was first mentioned as Fisckilingen in a document from Lorsch Abbey in 772 . Until the end of the 18th century the community belonged to the Speyer Monastery . On May 28, 1794 it was partially the scene of the battle of Kirrweiler .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Großfischlingen was incorporated into the canton of Edenkoben and had its own mairie , which also included Kleinfischlingen. In 1815 the place had a total of 386 inhabitants. In the same year it was added to Austria . Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the community belonged to the Landau Landau commissioner ; from this the district office of Landau emerged.

From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district in the Palatinate . After the Second World War , Großfischlingen became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . 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 . In 1972, Großfischlingen was assigned to the newly formed community of Edenkoben . .

religion

At the end of 2013, 54.7 percent of the population were Catholic and 25 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. On the Protestant side, the community belongs to the parish in the Gäu .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Großfischlingen consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Daniel Köbler (independent) became the local mayor of Großfischlingen on June 14, 2018. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 88.98% of the votes. Köbler's predecessor Manuel Spiegel (independent) resigned from office on February 28, 2018 for personal reasons. He took it over on November 19, 2014, as the mayor Bernhard Spiegel, who had been in office since 2010, had not run again.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under the blue head of the shield, in it a continuous silver cross, in silver three star-shaped crossed blue fish, the top of which looks upwards, while the other two look obliquely to the left and obliquely right below."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: It was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1952 . The cross reminds of the former affiliation to the bishopric of Speyer and the fish speak the place name.

Culture and sights

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Cultural monuments

There are a total of ten objects on site that are listed buildings.

societies

There are currently ten clubs in Großfischlingen. The Youth Red Cross, which won the German championship title in "First Aid" in 2005, was particularly able to distinguish itself.

Economy and Infrastructure

Vineyard in Großfischlingen

economy

Böbingen is a wine-growing village and as such part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . There is a single site in Kirchberg on site .

traffic

State road 542 runs through the municipality in a north-south direction . The closest train stations are Edesheim and Edenkoben on the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn Neustadt – Wissembourg.

education

The closest primary school is in Edesheim .

tourism

The From Rhine to Wine cycle path and the Franconia-Hesse-Kurpfalz long-distance hiking trail marked with a red cross run through the municipality .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Franz Seiller

Sons and daughters of the church

• In 1848, Prof. Georg Hollerith, who was born in Großfischlingen, emigrated to Buffalo , United States. His son Hermann (1860–1929) developed the first apparatus for evaluating punched cards in 1884–1889 . In 1896 he founded the first factory for data processing machines, one of the predecessors of IBM . Today Herrmann-Hollerith-Strasse is a reminder of the town's fake son.
• Heinz Habermann (* 1938), art educator, designer, university professor, non-fiction author and local history researcher
• Pirmin Spiegel (* 1957), theologian, clergyman and development worker

People who worked on site

• Bernd Wallner, General Manager of the Palatinate Forest Association since 1992

Web links

Commons : Großfischlingen  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Großfischlingen
• Literature about Großfischlingen 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. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Appointment of the new local mayor Daniel Köbler, swearing-in and introduction to office on June 14, 2018. In: Archive 2018. Großfischlingen community, accessed on April 13, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Heike Dernberger: Großfischlingen: Daniel Köbler elected local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, May 27, 2018, accessed on April 12, 2020 . 
6. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Edenkoben, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of results. Retrieved April 13, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Jörg Petri: Großfischlingen: Mayor Spiegel resigns. Die Rheinpfalz, February 22, 2018, accessed on April 12, 2020 . 
8. ↑ MRN News: Southern Wine Route - District Administrator congratulates Bernhard Spiegel. Metropolitan Region Rhein-Neckar News, June 24, 2010, accessed on April 12, 2020 . 
9. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .