Horschbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Horschbach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.05 km 2
Residents:	236 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66887
Area code :	06387
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 046
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	horschbach.com
Local Mayor :	Michael Herrmann
Location of the local community Horschbach in the district of Kusel

Horschbach is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .

geography

The place is on Herrmannsberg in the western Palatinate . The Horschbach stream of the same name flows through the village. To the north is Glanbrücken , east Hinzweiler and southwest is Elzweiler .

history

Horschbach was first mentioned in a document as Horgesbach in 1336 , but it was probably built in the 8th century.

In the 14th century the place was in the so-called Hundheim guardianship, which was pledged to the Rheingrafen . Around 1595 the place came to Pfalz-Zweibrücken .

From 1801 to 1814 Horschbach belonged to France as part of the Donnersberg department , Kaiserslautern arrondissement , Wolfstein canton and became the seat of a Mairie . At the Congress of Vienna , the Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine fell to Austria in 1815 and to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 on the basis of an exchange contract . The place was now assigned to the Kusel Land Commissioner in the Bavarian Rhine District and the seat of a mayor's office, which also included Elzweiler, Welchweiler and, until 1838, Bedesbach . Until 1853, the two villages Horschbach and Elzweiler were regarded as one.

After the Second World War , Horschbach became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place was assigned to the Verbandsgemeinde Altenglan in 1972 , which was merged into the Verbandsgemeinde Kusel-Altenglan in 2018 .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

There were no applicants for the local mayor election in 2004, so Michael Herrmann was elected by the local council. After 2009 and 2014, he was re-elected in the local elections in 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, this election was made by the council, which unanimously confirmed him in his office for another five years.

Previous community leaders:

• 1972–1989: Erich Herrmann
• 1989–1998: Karl Schreiner
• 1998–2004: Erich Herrmann
• since 2004: Michael Herrmann

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In black, a red crowned and armored golden lion, covered by a silver, obliquely left wavy bar."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: It was awarded in 1975 by the Neustadt district government . The lion comes from the coat of arms of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . The wavy bar symbolizes the ending of the place name.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the southwest is the A 62 . In Altenglan there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line .

Honorary citizen

• Erich Herrmann (* approx. 1939) was named Horchbach's first honorary citizen in June 2009 for his decades of commitment to the common good. From 1972 to 1989, and again from 1999 to 2004, he held the office of local mayor. He was also active in many associations in the community.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Horschbach
• List of natural monuments in Horschbach

literature

• Literature about Horschbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Horschbach  - Collection of Images

• Homepage of the local community Horschbach
• Local community Horschbach on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• Horschbach at regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Ernst Schworm: Horschbach. Surname. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 28, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ernst Schworm: Horschbach. Outline of the local history. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 28, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 16th line of results. Retrieved May 10, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Eric Sayer: Horschbach: Michael Herrmann re-elected mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, June 30, 2019, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Erich Herrmann is now an honorary citizen. Wochenblatt, June 18, 2009, accessed on May 28, 2020 .