Kottweiler-Schwanden

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kaiserslautern
Association municipality :	Ramstein-Miesenbach
Height :	262 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.61 km 2
Residents:	1233 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	162 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66879
Area code :	06371
License plate :	KL
Community key :	07 3 35 020
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Am Neuen Markt 6 66877 Ramstein-Miesenbach
Website :	kottweiler-schwanden.de
Mayoress :	Gabriele Schütz
Location of the local community Kottweiler-Schwanden in the district of Kaiserslautern

Kottweiler-Schwanden is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Ramstein-Miesenbach .

geography

The village lies on the edge of the Palatinate Forest biosphere reserve . The community is traversed by the Schwanderbach , a tributary of the Mohrbach .

Kottweiler-Schwanden consists of the two districts of Kottweiler and Schwanden.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1349.

religion

In 2012, 42.7 percent of the population were Catholic and 41.0 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Kottweiler-Schwanden consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	WG UB	total
2019	3	6th	7th	-	16 seats
2014	3	6th	5	2	16 seats
2009	3	6th	4th	3	16 seats
2004	3	7th	3	3	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Kottweiler-Schwanden e. V.
• WG UB = Voting Group Independent Citizens e. V.

Local mayor

• Roland Palm (CDU), until 2014
• Gabriele Schütz (FWG), since 2014

In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Gabriele Schütz was re-elected with 59.75% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blasonierung : ". In green under a golden orb a silver Waldaxt obliquely crossed with a silver hoe" It was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1960 .
	Justification of the coat of arms: The ax and the hoe remind us that Kottweiler-Schwanden was created as a clearing site.

Partner municipality

A partnership has been maintained with Rambervillers in France since 1979.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

• see list of cultural monuments in Kottweiler-Schwanden

Sports

• Sports club Kottweiler-Schwanden

Regular events

• International New Year's Road Race on December 31st
• Kerwe on the 3rd weekend in September
• Christmas market on the 1st weekend in Advent

traffic

• The public transport in the transport association Rhein-Neckar integrated.
• The community is connected to the motorway network by the federal motorways 6 ( Saarbrücken - Waidhaus ) (junction: Ramstein-Miesenbach) and 62 (junction: Hütschenhausen).

Web links

Commons : Kottweiler-Schwanden  - Collection of images

• Local community Kottweiler-Schwanden

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ rlpDirekt, local community Kottweiler-Schwanden, status: December 31, 2012
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Kottweiler-Schwanden. Retrieved October 29, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Ramstein-Miesenbach, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved October 29, 2019 . 
6. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .