Matzenbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Matzenbach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '  N , 7 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Upper Glantal
Height :	210 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.05 km 2
Residents:	637 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66909
Area code :	06383
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 107
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 8 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg
Website :	www.matzenbach.de
Local Mayor :	vacant
Location of the local community of Matzenbach in the Kusel district

Matzenbach is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Upper Glantal .

geography

The place is on the Glan in the West Palatinate . The Potzberg rises to the northeast . Matzenbach is divided into the districts of Matzenbach, Eisenbach and Gimsbach . Other places to live are: Auhof, Hollerhof, Langenbacherhof, Straubengrunderhof, Schreckmühle and Wellesbacherhof.

history

On June 7, 1969, the community Eisenbach-Matzenbach was formed from the communities Eisenbach and Matzenbach. Today's local community Matzenbach was created on March 20, 1971 through a new formation from this community and the community of Gimsbach.

• Coats of arms of the former municipalities
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  Matzenbach

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  Eisenbach

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  Gimsbach

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Matzenbach consists of twelve 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

The office of the local mayor is vacant. After no candidate for the successor to the previous mayor Werner Jung had started in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the municipal council has not yet been able to appoint a new one.

Culture and sights

There is a solar-heated outdoor pool in the Gimsbach district. The Gimsbach Reformed Church from 1747, the Matzenbach schoolhouse with its bell tower from the 19th century and the step-shaped washing area on the banks of the Glan are listed as historical monuments.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Matzenbach
• List of natural monuments in Matzenbach

Economy and Infrastructure

The B 423 runs through the village . In the southwest is the A 62 . The Eisenbach-Matzenbach train stop on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line is in the Eisenbach district .

Sons and daughters of the church

• August Leppla (1859-1924), geologist

literature

• Literature about Matzenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Matzenbach  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Matzenbach
• Local community Matzenbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal
• Matzenbach at regionalgeschichte.net

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. 156 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 171 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Oberes Glantal, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate row of results. Retrieved May 7, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Reinhard Schmidt: Council does not find a local mayor for Matzenbach. Die Rheinpfalz, June 19, 2019, accessed on May 7, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Solar outdoor pool in the community of Matzenbach in OT Gimsbach. Matzenbach parish, accessed on May 7, 2020 .