Haschbach am Remigiusberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 26'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.02 km 2
Residents:	671 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	167 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66871
Area code :	06381
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 034
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	www.haschbach-am-remigiusberg.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Schubinski
Location of the local community of Haschbach am Remigiusberg in the Kusel district

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

geography

Haschbach is located at the foot of the Remigiusberg in the West Palatinate . The Glan flows to the east .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1149 as Habbach .

In 1959 the place name was officially extended to Haschbach am Remigiusberg after a request from the local council by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior in order to avoid confusion with the nearby Haschbach am Glan .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Klaus Schubinski became the local mayor of Haschbach am Remigiusberg on July 11, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 93.35%.

Schubinski's predecessor was Willi Daub.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Embedded in blue and silver, top left a silver church with a Gothic nave and Romanesque tower with a baroque hood, top right a red-armored and tongued lion, bottom left a double-towered, blue pinnacle castle with gate and bottom right a silver rock." It was awarded in 1978 by the Neustadt district government .

Culture and sights

Haschbach is seen as the cultural center of the Remigiusland. Worth mentioning are the Remigiusberg , on which the provost church is located, and the ruins of the Michelsburg .

Economy and Infrastructure

The A 62 runs to the southwest . To the north of the nearby district town of Kusel there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line as well as in Theisbergstegen .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Count Frederick I of Veldenz († 1327), resided on the Michelsburg and is Propsteikirche St. Remigius buried
• Georg Gustav (1564–1634), Count Palatine of Veldenz

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Haschbach am Remigiusberg

literature

• Literature about Haschbach am Remigiusberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Haschbach am Remigiusberg  - collection of images

• Internet pages of the local community Haschbach am Remigiusberg
• Local community Haschbach on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• Haschbach am Remigiusberg at regionalgeschichte.net
• Haschbach in the television program Hierzuland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ↑ ^{a b} Local mayor wants wind turbines. Die Rheinpfalz, July 14, 2014, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
4. ↑ New local mayor: The man in the cap lends a hand everywhere. Die Rheinpfalz, September 24, 2014, accessed on May 10, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Retrieved May 10, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Eric Sayer: Haschbach's top management remains the same. Die Rheinpfalz, June 14, 2019, accessed on May 10, 2020 .