Mauschbach

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Zweibrücken-Land
Height :	238 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.45 km 2
Residents:	295 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66500
Area code :	06338
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 218
Association administration address:	Landauer Strasse 18-20 ; 66482 Zweibrücken
Website :	www.mauschbach-pfalz.de
Local Mayor :	Bernhard Krippleben
Location of the local community Mauschbach in the district of Südwestpfalz

View from the southeast of Mauschbach

Mauschbach is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Zweibrücken-Land .

geography

The place is in the south of the district directly on the border with France . West is Hornbach , to the east Dietrichingen .

history

Mauschbach was first mentioned in a document in 1277. Until the end of the 18th century the place belonged to the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken .

After 1792 French revolutionary troops occupied the region and annexed it after the Peace of Campo Formio (1797) . From 1798 to 1814 the village belonged to the French department of Donnersberg and was assigned to the canton of Neuhornbach . Due to the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna (1815) and an exchange contract with Austria , the region became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 . From 1818, the community of Mauschbach was part of the Zweibrücken regional commissioner in the Bavarian Rhine district , later to the Zweibrücken district office, from which the Zweibrücken district emerged in 1938 . Since 1972 Mauschbach has belonged to the then newly formed community of Zweibrücken-Land and since 1997 to the district of Südwestpfalz .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Mauschbach 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.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote		6 seats
2014	3	5	8 seats
2009	4th	2	6 seats
2004	4th	2	6 seats

mayor

Bernhard Krippleben became the local mayor of Mauschbach on June 24, 2014, after he had prevailed in the direct election against the previous incumbent Helmut Tiedtke (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 84.18% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Split by red and gold bya wavyline, on the right a silver sowing farmer turned right, on the left a red square defense tower." It was awarded in 1982 by the Rheinhessen-Pfalz district government .