Homberg (near Lauterecken)

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Coat of arms of the local community Homberg
Homberg (near Lauterecken)
Map of Germany, position of the local community Homberg highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 31'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Kusel
Association municipality : Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Height : 340 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.89 km 2
Residents: 202 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 19 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67744
Area code : 06788
License plate : KUS
Community key : 07 3 36 044
Association administration address: Schulstrasse 6a
67742 Lauterecken
Website : homberg-pfalz.de
Local Mayor : Marc-Steffen Risch
Location of the local community Homberg in the district of Kusel
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Homberg is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association.

geography

Homberg is on the edge of the North Palatinate Mountains in the West Palatinate . In the southwest is the Schönbornerhof district, in the north Langweiler and in the east Herren-Sulzbach . To the west is the Baumholder military training area . The Schönbornerhof residential area also belongs to Homberg .

history

The Schörnbornerhof was first mentioned in 1290, Homberg in 1319. The place belonged to the Wild and Rhine County . This is indicated by the red lion in the coat of arms.

In 1816 the place came to the Principality of Lichtenberg , a newly created exclave of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and from 1826 of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . With this he fell to Prussia in 1834 , which created the district of Sankt Wendel from this area . After the main part was separated from the newly created Saar area , the remaining district of Sankt Wendel-Baumholder was created in 1920 , to which the place belonged until 1937, when it was incorporated into the Birkenfeld district. In 1969 it was reclassified to the Kusel district.

By the Rhineland-Palatinate "State Law on the Dissolution of the Gutsbezirks Baumholder and its local reorganization" of November 2, 1993 (GVBl, p. 518), the former municipality of Ilgesheim , which had previously belonged to the Birkenfeld district , was changed to the Local community Homberg reclassified.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Marc-Steffen Risch became the local mayor of Homberg on July 23, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 80.62% of the vote. His predecessor was Anita Gräßer.

Economy and Infrastructure

Federal highway 270 runs to the north . In Lauterecken there is a station of the Lautertalbahn .

See also

Web links

Commons : Homberg (near Lauterecken)  - Collection of images

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. ↑ To compare the maps: old municipal boundary map: Walther Hubatsch (Ed.): Outline of German administrative history 1815–1945. Volume 7, Marburg / Lahn 1978, map appendix 8; New community boundary map: Landesvermessungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): Overview map with community boundaries Edition B, ISBN 978-3-89637-316-8 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
  5. ↑ a b Rundschau for the Glan and Lauter Valley: Announcement. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Official Gazette, edition 29/2019, accessed on May 1, 2020 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Verbandsgemeinde, 17th line of results. Retrieved May 1, 2020 .