Hefersweiler

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Height :	230 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.2 km 2
Residents:	538 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67753
Area code :	06363
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 036
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 6a 67742 Lauterecken
Website :	www.vg-lw.de
Local Mayor :	Bernd Degen
Location of the local community Hefersweiler in the Kusel district

Hefersweiler is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association.

geography

Hefersweiler is located on the Odenbach in the North Palatinate Bergland . It consists of the districts of Hefersweiler and Berzweiler. The Ahlbornerhof residential area also belongs to Hefersweiler .

Neighboring towns are Reipoltskirchen in the north, Niederkirchen in the south, Wolfstein in the west and Rathskirchen in the east.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1223. In the 18th century it belonged to Pfalz-Zweibrücken , before it came to the Electoral Palatinate through an area swap in 1779 and was incorporated into the Reipoltskirchen rule .

During the First Coalition War , Hefersweiler was occupied by the French in 1793. After the Congress of Vienna it belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria from 1816 . Today's community was created on June 7, 1969 through the merger of the communities of Berzweiler and Hefersweiler.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Hefersweiler 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

Bernd Degen was confirmed in his office as local mayor of Hefersweiler in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with a share of 67.39% of the votes.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Hefersweiler there is a kindergarten in the former schoolhouse and the football club SV Hefersweiler 1952, whose sports center and sports field is located right next to the kindergarten in a central location on the village square between the two districts of Hefersweiler and Berzweiler.

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  Hefersweiler

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  Old school house

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Hefersweiler

Web links

Commons : Hefersweiler  - Collection of images

• Local community Hefersweiler on the website of the Lauterecken-Wolfstein community
• Internet presence of the Heimat- und Kulturverein Hefersweiler-Berzweiler eV
• Local community Hefersweiler at www.regionalgeschichte.net
• Literature about Hefersweiler 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 154 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 165 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
5. ↑ Markus Henz: Hefersweiler: mayor and alderman are running. Die Rheinpfalz, March 29, 2019, accessed on April 30, 2020 . 
6. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Accessed April 30, 2020 .