Kuhardt

This article describes the Kuhardt community; for the attachment at Usingen-Kransberg see Ringwall Kuhardt .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 8 ° 19'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Germersheim
Association municipality :	Rülzheim
Height :	110 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.88 km 2
Residents:	1857 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	381 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76773
Area code :	07272
License plate :	GER
Community key :	07 3 34 015
Association administration address:	At Deutschordensplatz 1 76761 Rülzheim
Website :	www.kuhardt.de
Local Mayor :	Christian Schwab ( CDU )
Location of the local community Kuhardt in the district of Germersheim

Catholic Church of St. Anna

Kuhardt is a municipality in the district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Rülzheim .

geography

location

Kuhardt is located on the Hochgestade in the triangle Speyer, Landau, Karlsruhe, immediately before the area drops from the high bank into the Rhine lowlands.

The municipality also belongs abode brick .

Neighboring communities

Leimersheim , Neupotz , Rülzheim , Hördt .

history

The community of Kuhardt was first mentioned in 1103 when the neighboring monastery of Hördt was founded . An abbot's staff in the municipal coat of arms still reminds us of the manorial rule of the monastery. The proverbial hard work of the population made the Kuhardt brickworkers into sought-after specialists in south and south-west German kilns until before the Second World War .

Population development

If not listed separately, the source of the data is the State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate.

year Residents 1802 382 1849 727 1861 594 1871 671 1905 698 1939 1,084

year Residents 1950 1,159 1965 1,396 1970 1,528 1975 1,548 1980 1,549 1985 1,596

year Residents 1990 1,681 1995 1,737 2000 1,783 2005 1.917 2010 1.914 2013 1,902

religion

In February 2015, 66.5 percent of the population were Catholic and 12.7 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.

In 1871, out of a total of 671 inhabitants, 670 were Catholic and one person was Protestant.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Kuhardt 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	ActB	total
2019	2	8th	6th	16 seats
2014	3	9	4th	16 seats
2009	5	11	-	16 seats
2004	4th	12	-	16 seats

• AktB = Active Citizens Kuhardt e. V.

mayor

Christian Schwab (CDU) became local mayor of Kuhardt in 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with a share of 54.81% of the vote. His predecessors were Roland Eiswirth (CDU, term of office 1994–2019) and Gerhard Geiger (1974–1994).

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: "In green a silver fish hook, covered by a golden crook placed at an angle."

Culture and sights

Village square

Local museum

• Heimatmuseum, u. a. with exhibitions of handicrafts by Otto Sengel.

Buildings

See: List of cultural monuments in Kuhardt

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Gerhard Geiger (Former Mayor; in office from 1974 to 1994; † 2012)

Connected with Kuhardt

• Michael Sommer (* 1968), former Bundesliga player of 1. FC Kaiserslautern , lives in Kuhardt

Picture gallery

• 

  St. Anna

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  Cemetery chapel

• 

  House

Web links

Commons : Kuhardt  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community of Kuhardt
• Association municipality of Rülzheim
• Literature about Kuhardt in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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. 148 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate: Kuhardt
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Official directory and statistics of the Royal Bavarian Government District of the Palatinate, 1863, p. 64 of the appendix
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the census in the Kingdom of Bavaria from December 1, 1871 according to individual communities, 1873, p. XXII
6. ↑ Ewois as of February 28, 2015
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, city and municipal council elections
10. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2004, city and municipal council elections
11. ↑ Natascha Ruske: Christian Schwab follows Eiswirth. Die Rheinpfalz, May 27, 2019, accessed on April 25, 2020 . 
12. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rülzheim, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved April 25, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Natascha Ruske: Kuhardt's mayor Roland Eiswirth celebrates his 60th birthday. Pfalz-Express, November 13, 2013, accessed on April 25, 2020 .