Leinsweiler
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Coordinates: 49 ° 11 ' N , 8 ° 1' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Southern Wine Route | |
Association municipality : | Landau country | |
Height : | 263 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 5.8 km 2 | |
Residents: | 465 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 80 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 76829 | |
Area code : | 06345 | |
License plate : | SOUTH | |
Community key : | 07 3 37 051 | |
LOCODE : | DE LWW | |
Association administration address: | To 44 No. 31 76829 Landau in the Palatinate |
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Local Mayor : | Thomas Stübinger | |
Location of the local community of Leinsweiler in the southern Weinstrasse district | ||
Leinsweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Landau-Land community , within which it is the smallest local community in terms of population. Leinsweiler is a wine village and a state-approved resort .
Geographical location
Leinsweiler is about nine kilometers west of Landau in the Palatinate on the Haardt . The west of the district protrudes into the Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called. The 533.1 meter high Föhrlenberg extends northwest of the settlement area . The Birnbach flows in a west-east direction through the middle of the place and its buildings. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Ranschbach , Landau in the Palatinate, Ilbesheim near Landau in the Palatinate , Eschbach (Palatinate) , Landau in the Palatinate (exclave), Ilbesheim near Landau in the Palatinate (exclave) and Annweiler am Trifels .
history
The name Leinsweiler arose when a Frankish king the location of a free woman named Landswinda the fief was, which was sung at the Frankish court for her beauty. Leinsweiler is as Lantsindewilare in Codex Edelini mentioned than in the 985 Salic sacrilege the Weissenburg Abbey was expropriated. Ramberg belonged to Pfalz-Zweibrücken until the end of the 18th century .
From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Leinsweiler was incorporated into the canton of Annweiler and was subordinate to the Mairie Albersweiler . In 1815 the community had a total of 400 inhabitants. In the same year, Austria was struck. Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1817 the community moved to the canton of Landau. From 1818 to 1862, Ramberg was a member of the Landau commissioner's office ; from this the district office of Landau emerged.
From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district . After the Second World War , Leinsweiler became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform moved Leinsweiler in the newly created on June 7, 1969 the district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . In 1972 the community was assigned to the newly formed Landau-Land association. In 1988 Leinsweiler was named “The beautiful winegrowing village” in the German Wine Route competition.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Leinsweiler consists of eight council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.
mayor
Thomas Stübinger (independent) became the local mayor of Leinsweiler in 2013. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 53.41%. His predecessors were Hubert Horbach (term of office 2008–2013) and Ulf Bauernfeind, the mayor of many years who died in early 2008.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In blue half a red armored and tongued silver lion, possibly also a griffin." | |
Parish partnership
A municipal partnership with the Hungarian municipality of Gerjen has existed since August 23, 2003 . This was ended at the request of the municipal council in 2011, as both the great distance and the linguistic communication problems made cooperation almost impossible in the long term.
Culture and sights
Cultural monuments
Buildings
The town hall of Leinsweiler from 1619 with its arcade hall and the village fountain from 1581 is worth seeing. In addition, the place has a late Gothic St. Martin's Church from the 13th century and a number of well-preserved half-timbered houses.
The ruins of the castles Anebos , Münz and Neukastel , which belong to the Trifels ensemble, are in the district of Leinsweiler . The most famous destination in the Leinsweiler district is the so-called Slevogthof , where the well-known artist Max Slevogt (1868–1932) lived and worked from 1914 with interruptions until his death.
Infrastructure
economy
Leinsweiler is a wine-growing village and as such part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . The Sonnenberg single layer is located on site .
traffic
Landesstrasse 508 , which is identical in this area to the German Wine Route , and Kreisstrasse 20 run through Leinsweiler . The place is connected to the local transport network via the bus line 530 of the transport association Rhein-Neckar , which leads to Landau in the Palatinate. In addition, the German Wine Route cycle path runs through Leinsweiler , and beyond that the community is the eastern end point of the August-Becker hiking path starting from the Rehberg .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Max Slevogt (1868–1932), German painter, graphic artist, illustrator and Impressionist set designer had his summer residence at Slevogthof.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Jan-Christoph Hauschild (* 1955), German literary scholar
People who have worked in the community
- Conrad III. von Scharfenberg (1165–1224), bishop, his ancestral seat was Scharfenberg Castle.
- Friedrich Ackermann (1876–1949), politician (SPD), died in Leinsweiler.
- Adolf Kessler (1890–1974), painter and graphic artist, designed the mural on the Leinsweiler Hof in 1955
literature
- Local community Leinsweiler (ed.): Leinsweiler ... where the Palatinate is most beautiful. A home book - from the historical beginnings to the 21st century. 2006 (local history).
Web links
- Internet presence of the local community Leinsweiler
- Literature about Leinsweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ Gerhard Sommer: Leinsweiler: Local Mayor Thomas Stübinger is back. Die Rheinpfalz, March 25, 2019, accessed on April 10, 2020 .
- ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Landau-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Retrieved April 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Gerhard Sommer: Election of local chief planned for June 9th. Leinsweiler: Successor for Hubert Horbach. Die Rheinpfalz, March 21, 2013, accessed on April 10, 2020 .