Neidenfels

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 23 '  N , 8 ° 3'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Dürkheim
Association municipality :	Lambrecht (Palatinate)
Height :	186 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.64 km 2
Residents:	767 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	116 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67468
Area code :	06325
License plate :	DÜW
Community key :	07 3 32 037
Association administration address:	Sommerbergstrasse 3 67466 Lambrecht (Palatinate)
Website :	www.habenfels.de
Mayoress :	Sybille Höchel ( CDU )
Location of the local community Neidenfels in the Bad Dürkheim district

Neidenfels, town view

Townscape

Lichtensteinhütte

Neidenfels is a municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate) , within which it is the smallest local community in terms of population. Due to the local paper industry, it is often referred to as the "papermaking village".

geography

location

Neidenfels is located in the middle of the Palatinate Forest between Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and Kaiserslautern in the so-called Neustadter Valley . To Neidenfels also belongs abode factory settlement Neumühle. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Bad Dürkheim , Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse , Deidesheim , Frankeneck and Weidenthal .

Elevations and waters

The Hochspeyerbach flows through the district in a north-west-south-east direction and passes the western edge of the settlement. Its left tributary Retschbach forms the border to Weidenthal for almost its entire length. The 460 meter high Schlossberg rises in the northeast of the municipality . In the far north on the border to Bad Dürkheim is the 521.1 meter high Hohe Loog with its southwestern branch Lichtensteiner Berg and further east in the community triangle Neidenfels / Weidenthal / Bad Dürkheim the 553 meter high Salweidenkopf . In the far west on the border to Weidenthal and Frankeneck, the 405-meter-high Kleine Pflasterberg extends .

history

Neidenfels was built at the beginning of the 15th century under the protection of Niedenfels Castle, which was called Neidenfels Castle at some point and which was built in 1330 by the Count Palatine of Rhine Rudolf II .

The village of Neidenfels belonged to the Electoral Palatinate Oberamt Neustadt until the end of the 18th century . In 1794 the left bank of the Rhine was occupied in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814 Neidenfels belonged to the canton Neustadt in the Donnersberg department .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Neidenfels was incorporated into the canton of Neustadt (Donnersberg) and was subordinate to Mairie Esthal . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the area first came to Austria in June 1815 and was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 on the basis of a state treaty . From 1817 to 1862 the community belonged to the Landkommissariat Neustadt ; from this the district office of Neustadt emerged.

From 1939 Neidenfels was part of the district of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . After the Second World War , the place within the French occupation zone became part of the administrative district of Palatinate in the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place moved in 1969 to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim . Three years later, Neidenfels became part of the also newly created Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate) .

religion

protestant church

In 2013, 41.6 percent of the population were Protestant and 38.4 percent Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. There is a Protestant church on site and the Catholic parish church of St. Joseph .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Neidenfels consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	total
2019	4th	8th	12 seats
2014	4th	8th	12 seats
2009	5	7th	12 seats
2004	7th	5	12 seats

mayor

Sybille Höchel (CDU) is the local mayor. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office with 87.17% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In red a stone silver house in front view with a stepped gable."
	Crest Rationale: It was established in 1971 by the county government Neustadt approved and refers talking to the gender of Steinhauser of Neidenstein .

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Ruin of Neidenfels Castle

Above the place are the ruins of the castles Neidenfels from the 14th century and Lichtenstein , both of which are designated as monument zones. There are also a total of eleven individual monuments .

nature

With the Neidenfels north of the castle ruins of the same name, there is a natural monument on site . In the vicinity of Neidenfels, but already on the district of Bad Dürkheim, lies the Drachenfels rock plateau , which can be reached from Neidenfels via hiking trails.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Glatz paper mill

The Glatz paper mill is located in the village itself . In addition, Neidenfels was temporarily the location of a felt factory, which from 1881 belonged to the United Filzfabriken and the Hemmer machine factory . In addition, Trift was previously operated on the Hochspeyerbach .

traffic

Street

The federal highway 39 runs through Neidenfels .

rail

Neidenfels has a stop on the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line . The RheinNeckar S-Bahn trains stop there . The S1 and S2 lines provide direct connections to Kaiserslautern in the west and Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Mannheim and Heidelberg in the east. It is located on the southern outskirts of Neidenfels within an S-curve and belongs to station category 6. It was put into operation on January 31, 1998. Appropriate efforts were made as early as the 19th century, but the railway administration pointed out the gradient of the line in this area, which made it difficult for the trains to brake.

Just a few years after the RheinNeckar S-Bahn went into operation in 2003, trains had to run in triple traction between Neustadt and Kaiserslautern due to the high demand. Due to the short length of the platform, they could not stop in Neidenfels at first. For this reason, the platforms were extended northwards to a total of 210 meters within five months. The opening took place in November of that year.

In addition, the railway line passes through the 92-meter-long Lichtenstein head tunnel and the 196-meter-long Retschbach tunnel in the municipality . The Glatz paper mill also has a siding. Neidenfels belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

tourism

The place is on the route of two hiking trails, one of which is marked with a green and white bar and the other with a red bar . In addition, the Lichtensteinhütte operated by the Palatinate Forest Association exists in Neidenfels .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Julius Glatz, industrialist, founder of the Glatz paper mill , received honorary citizenship for his "services to the community".
• Werner Lautensack (* 1945), politician (SPD), former local mayor, was made an honorary citizen in 2011 because of his commitment to the community - for example, the construction of the railway station - and to the community of Lambrecht.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Theodor Spaeth (1833–1911), lawyer and politician (NLP)

People who worked on site

• Hans Haehnle (1838–1909), entrepreneur and politician, bought the local felt factory in 1881
• Friedrich Müller (1865–1941), mechanical engineer, worked from 1888 at the Hemmer machine factory
• Albert Boßlet (1880–1957), architect, built the parish church of St. Josef from 1937 to 1939
• Dominik Schmitt (* 1983), artist, grew up there

literature

• Alexander Thon (Ed.): How swallow nests glued to the rock. Castles in the Northern Palatinate . Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1674-4 , p. 112-115 .
• Literature about Neidenfels in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Neidenfels  - Collection of Images

Wikisource: Neidenfels  - Sources and full texts

• Internet presence of the local community Neidenfels

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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 88 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Neidenfels. Retrieved October 18, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Lambrecht (Pfalz), Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved October 18, 2019 . 
7. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
8. ↑ Photo gallery - train stations and stops - Neidenfels. kbs-670.de, accessed on January 9, 2014 . 
9. ^ Stop at Neidenfels. (No longer available online.) Vrn.de, archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on January 9, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Neidenfels inauguration of platforms 11-2010. (No longer available online.) Vrn.de, archived from the original on January 13, 2014 ; accessed on January 9, 2014 . 
11. ↑ Hike from Neidenfels to the PWV hut Schwarzsohl. (PDF) In: pwv-rheinzabern.de. Retrieved February 28, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Honorary Citizen Werner Lautensack - An eulogy (laudation) by Herbert Bertram. In: Mittelpfalz.de. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .