Hundheim (Offenbach-Hundheim)

Dog home Offenbach-Hundheim municipality Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 3 ″  N , 7 ° 33 ′ 2 ″  E
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	67749
Area code :	06382
Location of Hundheim in Rhineland-Palatinate
Hirsau Church

Hundheim is the smaller of two districts of the Offenbach-Hundheim community in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . Until 1969 it was an independent community.

location

Hundheim is located in the North Palatinate Uplands in the southern municipality. The Talbach runs through the settlement area and then flows into the Glan from the right .

history

Hundheim belonged to the Rhine county until the end of the 18th century .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , was the place was in Canton Lauterecken incorporated and was the seat of a Mairie , in addition Aschbach , Gumbsweiler , Hachen Bach , Hinzweiler and Nerzweiler included . In 1815 the community had a total of 191 inhabitants. In the same year, Austria was struck. Just one year later, the place changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 Hundheim was part of the Kusel Land Commissioner , which was then converted into a district office.

In 1939 the place was incorporated into the Kusel district. After the Second World War , Hundheim became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place, which then had 390 inhabitants, was merged with the neighboring Offenbach am Glan on June 7, 1969 to form the new local community Offenbach-Hundheim .

Culture

With the Hirsauer Church , consecrated to Alban of Mainz , the schoolhouse, a courtyard and a war memorial, there are a total of four objects on site that are listed .

Infrastructure

In 1904, the Offenbach-Hundheim station on the Glantalbahn was built in neighboring Offenbach . Passenger traffic ended in 1985, and freight traffic also came to a standstill a few years later. Landesstraße 372 also runs through Hundheim .