Hengsberg (Pirmasens)

Hengsberg City of Pirmasens Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ′ 18 ″ N , 7 ° 33 ′ 45 ″ E
Height :	361 (335–372) m above sea level NHN
Residents :	556 (Jun 30, 2007)
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	66954
Area code :	06331
Location of Hengsberg in Rhineland-Palatinate

Hengsberg is a district of Pirmasens .

location

Hengsberg is located in the northwest of the independent city of Pirmasens at the transition from the Palatinate Forest to the Zweibrücker hill country . To the south of the settlement area, the Blümelsbach runs in a semicircle in an east-west direction . To the south of Hengsberg there is an unmounted spring - often called the Bösbrunnen - which is classified as a natural monument.

history

Presumably existing from the 7th century, the place was first mentioned in 1473. First Hengsberg belonged to the Hornbach monastery , then until the end of the 18th century to the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Hengstberg was - as the spelling at that time - incorporated into the canton of Pirmasens and was under the authority of Mairie Windsberg . In 1815 the place had 116 inhabitants. From 1816 the place belonged to Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Pirmasens , which was then converted into a district office. During the 1860s there were plans to run the planned Landau – Zweibrücken railway via Pirmasens and Hengsberg, among other places. However, due to the difficult topography in this area, these did not prevail.

From 1938 the place was part of the district of Pirmasens . In 1940 Hengsberg and Höheischweiler separated from Nünschweiler . After the Second World War , Hengsberg became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In 1953, Hengsberg obtained municipal self-government. But already on June 7, 1969 the place was incorporated into the independent city of Pirmasens in the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform and is a local district there . Thus Hengsberg formed an independent community for only 16 years.

Surname

The name Hengsberg can probably be traced back to a certain Heinrich , after whom the settlement was initially called "Heinrichsberg". After various minor changes to the place name, Hengsberg was not used until 1863 .

politics

Local advisory board

A district was formed for the Hengsberg district . The local advisory board consists of seven advisory board members, the chair of the local advisory board is chaired by the directly elected mayor .

As in the previous elections, the CDU again achieved an absolute majority in the council in 2019. For more information on the local council, see the results of the local elections in Pirmasens .

Mayor

The mayor of Hengsberg is Walter Kossin (CDU). He was elected in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with a share of the vote of 83.45% and is thus the successor to Peter Resch (CDU).

Infrastructure

From 1958 onwards the water supply came from the Fehrbach water tower for a period of several decades . The place is connected to the local traffic via the bus line 205 of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar operated by Stadtwerke Pirmasens Verkehrs GmbH , which connects it with Fehrbach as well as the Pirmasens Exierzierplatz and the Kirchberg district . The town is also connected to Fehrbach by Kreisstraße 6 . The federal highway 62 runs northwest of Hengsberg and the federal highway 10 runs north . With a tombstone and the bell tower, there are two objects on site that are under monument protection .

Web links

Commons : Hengsberg - Collection of Images

Literature about Hengsberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science . Volume 53 ). pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 , p. 179 f .
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 176 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
↑ Pirmasens-Hengsberg. Retrieved November 25, 2016 .
^ City of Pirmasens: main statute. (PDF) § 4 and appendix. February 22, 2016, accessed October 25, 2019 .
↑ City of Pirmasens: Result of the mayor of the Hengsberg district 2019. Retrieved on October 25, 2019 .
^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Pirmasens. Mainz 2020, p. 9 (PDF; 6.3 MB).

[1] Heinz Sturm: The Palatinate Railways (= publications of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science . Volume 53 ). pro MESSAGE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein 2005, ISBN 3-934845-26-6 , p. 179 f .

[2] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 176 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[3] Pirmasens-Hengsberg. Retrieved November 25, 2016 .

[4] City of Pirmasens: main statute. (PDF) § 4 and appendix. February 22, 2016, accessed October 25, 2019 .

[5] City of Pirmasens: Result of the mayor of the Hengsberg district 2019. Retrieved on October 25, 2019 .

[6] General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - district-free city of Pirmasens. Mainz 2020, p. 9 (PDF; 6.3 MB).