Mehlbach

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Mehlbach
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Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Kaiserslautern
Association municipality : Otterbach-Otterberg
Height : 264 m above sea level NHN
Area : 9.02 km 2
Residents: 1066 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 118 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67735
Area code : 06301
License plate : KL
Community key : 07 3 35 025
Association administration address: Hauptstrasse 27
67697 Otterberg
Website : www.otterbach-otterberg.de
Mayoress : Gabi Fliege ( CDU )
Location of the local community Mehlbach in the district of Kaiserslautern
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Mehlbach is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Otterbach-Otterberg .

Geographical location

Mehlbach is located 12 km north of Kaiserslautern on the edge of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park biosphere reserve .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1255.

religion

In 2012, 53.3 percent of the population were Protestant and 23.8 percent Catholic. 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 municipal council in Mehlbach 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 total
2019 5 5 6th 16 seats
2014 7th 2 7th 16 seats
2009 9 1 6th 16 seats
2004 6th 4th 6th 16 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Group Mehlbach e. V.

Local mayor

Gabi Fliege (CDU) is the local mayor of Mehlbach. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was elected with a share of the vote of 51.81% and prevailed against the previous incumbent Harry Braun (SPD).

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Mehlbach
 Blazon : "In silver a blue oblique left-hand wave bar, accompanied on both sides by a two-leaf green oak branch with a green acorn on each side."

It was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1952.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Regular events

  • On Pentecost Sunday, SV 1923 Mehlbach eV organizes the Whitsun barbecue annually
  • The forest festival of the association "Treue Pfälzer eV" takes place on the 1st Sunday in July. instead of
  • Country women festival in July by the country women association Mehlbach
  • In September, on the weekend of the first Sunday, the kerwe takes place regularly in the community
  • Advent market on the 1st of Advent by the Mehlbach table tennis club and the Mehlbach kindergarten

Personalities

  • Hermann Bitz (* 1950), soccer player, lives in the village.

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Web links

Commons : Mehlbach  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Mehlbach. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Otterbach-Otterberg, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  6. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .