Herschberg

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Height :	367 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.55 km 2
Residents:	818 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	71 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66919
Area code :	06375
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 017
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 52 ; 66987 Thaleischweiler-Fröschen
Website :	vgtw.de/vg_tw/Ortsgemeinden/Herschberg
Local Mayor :	Andreas Schneider (WGr IZH)
Location of the local community Herschberg in the district of Südwestpfalz

Herschberg is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben community . Herschberg is a state-approved tourist destination .

geography

Herschberg is located in the southwest of Rhineland-Palatinate on the Sickinger Höhe , which is named after the knight Franz von Sickingen .

Herschberg to include the residential places Aspenhof, Konrad mill Weihermühle, Würschhauserhof and Würschhausermühle.

history

The place name was first mentioned in 1149.

The population of Herschberg developed as follows, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	650
1835	969
1871	745
1905	756
1939	892
1950	962
1961	983

year	Residents
1970	1,025
1987	925
1997	912
2005	946
2011	841
2017	820
2018	825

Population development of Herschberg from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

religion

Denominations

At the end of 2014, 61.8% of the population were Protestant and 29.0% Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.

Jewish community

In the 19th century there was a relatively large Jewish community in Herschberg. Its origins go back to the 18th century. In 1747 a Jewish cemetery was laid out, which still exists today. In 1801 there were 50 Jewish people living there; In 1848 the highest number of Jewish community members was reached with 170, this was about 25% of the population. A synagogue was first mentioned in 1815, and a new one was established in 1830. In September 1892 a new synagogue was inaugurated again.

As a result of emigration and emigration, the number of Jewish residents has decreased so much since around 1880 that the community was dissolved as early as 1905/10. The former synagogue was converted into a residential building, which was demolished in 1999. The last two Jewish residents perished after their deportation in 1940 .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Herschberg consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	IZH	total
2019	4th	2	-	6th	12 seats
2014	4th	-	-	8th	12 seats
2009	6th	2	4th	-	12 seats
2004	5	3	4th	-	12 seats

IZH = Initiative Zukunft Herschberg e. V.

mayor

Andreas Schneider became the local mayor of Herschberg on August 13, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 56.49% of the vote. Schneider's predecessors were Manfred Biedinger and Lydia Westrich .

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided by blue and silver, above a red-armored silver eagle, below five black balls 2: 1: 2." It was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1950 .
	Justification of the coat of arms: The silver eagle reminds of the former affiliation of the place to the Leiningen family , the five balls (Bollen) indicate the sex of the Sickinger family .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Remarkable buildings are listed in the list of cultural monuments in Herschberg .

dialect

The Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben dedicates itself intensively to the maintenance of the Palatinate dialect and has organized the Sickinger dialect contest every two years since 1991, the final round including the award ceremony in the Bürgerhalle Herschberg . Divisions are dialect poetry and prose .

horse race

In 1911, the Sickingerhöhe riding club was founded in Herschberg , which also held the first horse race at that time . Under the name Meilbächel Race , it took place every year until 2010, not on a circuit, but up the valley and in the classic English way "from point to point".

Nature experience

The Herschberg Forest Museum is permanently closed due to the lack of fire protection. In addition, a water viewing trail and the Mühlenweg , which connects the communities in the Wallhalb area, run near Herschberg . The water viewing path is shown on various hiking maps, the sections start at different locations (e.g. Herschberg, Saalstadt). Information boards set up describe the history, nature and importance of the sights along the way. The managed former Weihermühle can serve as a rest station.

Economy and Infrastructure

Herschberg lives mainly from tourism as well as from agriculture and forestry .

In terms of traffic, the community is connected to the motorway 62 ( Pirmasens - Trier ) via the Weselberg junction 6 km to the north-east , which also provides extensive connections to the A 6 in the north and the B 10 in the south.

Herschberg has a large leisure complex that offers a mini golf course, tennis courts and a children's playground.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Klaus G. Juner (born September 30, 1928; † October 27, 2016), local author and genealogist, was made an honorary citizen on November 1, 2009 in recognition of his diverse commitment to the community.

Sons and daughters of the church

Christian Mehlis (1850–1933), historian
Martin Horn (* 1969), track and field athlete, participant in the Paralympic Games in 1996 and 2000, in 2000 bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m relay

People who worked on site

Christin Hussong (* 1994), athlete (javelin), was a participant in the 2016 Olympic Games and European Champion in 2018.
Lydia Westrich , politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag, lives on site.

literature

Klaus G. Juner: Herceberch. In search of the history of a place . A journey through the past of the Sickingerhöh community of Herschberg. Herschberg 1995.

Web links

Commons : Herschberg - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 174 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ Municipal statistics KommWis, as of December 31, 2014.
↑ ^a ^b Klaus G. Juner: Herceberch. In search of the history of a place . Herschberg 1995, p. 277-289 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ Information sheet: Appointment of a successor for the local council of the local community Herschberg. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, weekly newspaper with the official announcements of the Verbandsgemeinde, issue 34/2019, August 19, 2019, accessed on March 26, 2020 .
^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Thaleischweiler-Fröschen-Wallhalben, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved March 26, 2020 .
↑ Martina Benkel: Mayor quarrels. Die Rheinpfalz, March 25, 2019, accessed on March 26, 2020 .
^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
↑ The court recommends using a lawyer. In: The Rhine Palatinate . January 3, 2018, accessed July 9, 2019 .
↑ Literature. (No longer available online.) Herschberg local community, archived from the original ; accessed on December 17, 2018 .
↑ honorary citizenship for Klaus Juner. Pfälzischer Merkur, October 27, 2009, accessed on May 27, 2020 .