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This article deals with the municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate. For further meanings, see Neuleiningen (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 8 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Dürkheim
Association municipality :	Leiningerland
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.07 km 2
Residents:	776 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67271
Primaries :	06351, 06356, 06359
License plate :	DÜW
Community key :	07 3 32 038
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Industriestrasse 11 67269 Grünstadt
Website :	www.neuleiningen.de
Local Mayor :	Franz Adam ( CDU )
Location of the local community Neuleiningen in the Bad Dürkheim district

View from the castle Neuleiningen the Eckbach tal together with Eckbachweiher and the wind turbine at the Bitternell (336.7 m), including the A 6 and Neuleiningen; on the left in the background the Kleine Donnersberg (up to 328.6 m) with the hamlet Nackterhof

View from the southeast of Neuleiningen

Neuleiningen is a local community in the Palatinate district of Bad Dürkheim ( Rhineland-Palatinate ), which is part of the Leiningerland community. The place is located 18 km northwest of Ludwigshafen am Rhein on the edge of the European metropolitan region Rhine-Neckar and is mainly visited because of Neuleiningen Castle .

Geography and geology

Orographically , Neuleiningen is grouped around the castle located at an altitude of 269.8  m on the southern slope of the Grünstadter Berg , a tertiary limestone mountain reaching 336.7  m , which is also the southernmost and highest independent of the Alzeyer hill country . The slopes of the core location directly south to deeply cut (below 180  m ) Eckbach are tal but from red sandstone attributable and therefore even the Pfälzerwald whose protuberances across the valley, the Leininger Sporn with the south opposite Battenberg begin. The geological border runs right through the town - the A 6, which is only 200 m away to the north and located slightly higher, is already completely on top of tertiary rocks. To the west of the village or the Grünstadter Berg lies the Eisenberg basin with the town of Eisenberg , which is framed to the south and west by the stump forest , a more gently undulating part of the Palatinate Forest.

The 35 km wide Upper Rhine Plain , traversed by the flat vine hills of the Leiningerland , extends to the east . Geologically, this is the interface between the Palatinate Forest and the deep rift valley of the Rhine Valley. The fault line runs on the eastern slope of the spur where the former floor of the Upper Rhine Rift valley sank more than 10 km and was filled with younger sediments to the present level. Some of these loose rocks are also used for viticulture on the slopes.

The hamlet of Neuleiningen-Tal is located south of the main town in the Eckbach valley at an altitude of 183  m . The hamlet of Nackterhof and the even smaller hamlet of Nackterwäldchen , a good 1 km further south-west, lie on the loess blankets of the Kleiner Donnersberg, which reaches up to 328.6  m . This is a southern edge of the Eisenberger Basin, whose southeast slope to the Eckbach also consists of red sandstone.

history

middle Ages

The place name is derived from the noble lineage of the Leininger , who previously ruled the Leiningerland and whose relatives Count Friedrich III. built the castle in the 13th century. Around this, the village soon began to emerge and develop, with people settling near the fortress. Castle and village originally belonged to the Sausenheim district and were only separated from it later. Sausenheim - including the area of ​​the later Neuleiningen - was part of the Weißenburg monastery property and from there only given as a fief to the Leininger.

This is how the diocese of Worms may have acquired the local property rights, which, according to a document from 1308, transferred the castle and village of Neuleiningen as a fief to the Counts of Leiningen. However, the bishop reserved his own property in the village, used the southern part of the castle himself and also had a large official cellar in the strategically favorable location. From the earliest times, the people of Leiningen tried to acquire the episcopal share of the place as a possession or lease, but this always failed due to the resistance of the Worms chief shepherds.

Around the middle of the 14th century, Neuleiningen also received city ​​rights .

Modern times

In the Palatinate War of Succession Neuleiningen was cremated in 1690, the counts moved their seat of government to nearby Grünstadt . After half of the Leiningen local property had already been pledged to the Duchy of Worms in 1742 , Count Carl I (1717–1787) sold the entire Leininger share in 1767 to the Worms Bishop Johann IX. Philipp von Walderdorff , which made the Bishopric Worms the sole owner of Neuleiningen until the end of the feudal period.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Neuleiningen was incorporated into the canton of Grünstadt and the seat of its own Mairie . Neuleiningen lost its legal status as a city while it was part of France after the French Revolution . In 1815 the village was added to Austria after the Congress of Vienna . Just one year later, like the entire Palatinate, it moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the place belonged to the Landkommissariat Frankenthal ; from this the district office of Frankenthal emerged.

From 1939 the community was part of the Frankenthal (Palatinate) district . After the Second World War , the place became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place moved to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim . Three years later, Neuleiningen became part of the newly created community of Grünstadt-Land . In 2018 the association was assigned to the community of Leiningerland .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Neuleiningen 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.

Allocation of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	1	7th	4th	12 seats
2014	1	7th	4th	12 seats
2009	1	8th	3	12 seats
2004	1	9	2	12 seats

• FWG = Free Voter Group Neuleiningen e. V.

mayor

The local mayor is Franz Adam (CDU). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 63.16% of the votes.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the municipality is divided diagonally to the right: at the bottom right in a light blue field, surrounded by six golden crosses and reinforced and tongued in red, the silver Liningian eagle turned to the right, in a black field at the top left, surrounded by ten golden crosses and with the beard diagonally behind pointing at the top right, the silver key ( Petri key ) of the Duchy of Worms.

Sights and culture

Cultural monuments

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Neuleiningen

The history of many buildings goes back to the Middle Ages.

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  Neuleiningen Castle : north side

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  Stump of the northeast fortified tower (keep)

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  Eastern castle courtyard with tavern

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  South-east corner of the castle

The Castle Neuleiningen and the center are a monument zones reported. Typologically, the former is based on the French castles of the so-called "fort type" of the Île-de-France . She was under Count Friedrich III. Built by Leiningen-Dagsburg in the 1240s, making it one of the earliest castles on German soil. From the castle's observation tower you have an excellent view of the Rhine plain in the east and the mountains of the Palatinate Forest in the west. Sausenheim and Kleinkarlbach are at the foot of Neuleiningen . When the weather is good, Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Mannheim , the Odenwald and even planes taking off at Frankfurt Airport can be seen.

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  Half-timbered houses in Neuleiningen

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  Half-timbered house on the corner of Obergasse / Mittelgasse

In the town center there are several well-preserved half-timbered houses from the 16th and 17th centuries, some with oriels ; they shape the narrow streets there, in particular the parallel buildings in the upper, middle and lower streets.

There are also numerous individual objects that are under monument protection .

The city fortification with its four towers was built next to the castle and also dates back to the 13th century. It was renewed and expanded in the 15th century. Of the three former city ​​gates , only the western one from the second half of the 15th century has survived.

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  City wall, south side: View from the foot of the wall in east direction to the Rhine plain

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  City wall, south side, middle section: View from the foot of the wall in east direction

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  City wall Neuleiningen, west side

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  Litter box on the west side of the Neuleiningen city wall

The parish church of St. Nicholas was built in the 13th century as a castle chapel at the same time as the castle. It is also called the pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Grace zu Neuleiningen . The miraculous image for the feast of the birth of Mary on September 8th is a Gothic statue of Mary with a child in a mandorla. In the 15th century the choir was enlarged and the tower added. The single-nave interior has been heavily modified after several restorations. In addition to a baroque statue of St. Nicholas with a blessing hand, the church also houses several late Gothic wooden sculptures.

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  Formerly castle chapel, now parish church: St. Nikolaus

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  Exterior shot from the east

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  Episcopal official cellar

In the southwest of the village (Untergasse 40/42), directly at the city wall, is the former official cellar of the Hochstift Worms, consisting of an office building (Renaissance building, dated 1594) and a conductors' house (quarry stone building with a crooked hip roof). The ensemble of the Neuleiningen Episcopal Winery can be seen from afar from Talstrasse.

The rectory is the former Wachenheimer Hof (1561, heavily modified), the residence of the former castle administrators of the Lords of Wachenheim . The complex belonged to the outer bailey of the castle Neuleiningen.

The town hall in Mittelgasse belonged as well as the attached church in the 14th / 15th. Century to the Carmelite Monastery of the Holy Cross , which was abolished during the Reformation . In 1902 the community acquired the complex and rebuilt it as it is today. Since 1957 the church, which was Lutheran from 1555 to 1582 and then a synagogue until 1902 , has been in Protestant ownership again.

The lion sculpture standing on a pillar at the market fountain in Mittelgasse dates back to 1782. It used to bear the so-called barrel oak (an official calibration vessel for wine barrels ) and today it carries the coat of arms of the prince-bishops of Worms .

The rinsing fountain has been preserved in Untergasse below the market fountain . He caught the used water poured into the market well, which was still suitable for rinsing wine barrels, in a basin.

The so-called Heiligenhäuschen , a medieval cemetery chapel, is located near the entrance to the village from the direction of Sausenheim . Directly in front of it is the executioner's cross , donated in 1703 by the Count Servacius Westheim from Tiefenthal, an executioner from Liningia . In 1996, the remains of a woman were found there and buried in the nearby cemetery. In the monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany (Volume 13) it says about it: "The chapel and the cross make ... an essential contribution to the picturesque character of the townscape."

Other structures

The historic washing area of ​​Neuleiningen is located on the hillside west of the Neuleiningen-Tal district . It dates from the 19th century and is one of the few remaining structures of this type.

Regular events

• For over 400 years, the winter burning has been celebrated in the town center on the Sunday Laetare , three weeks before Easter.
• The Neuleininger Burgsommer , a series of concerts in the Neuleininger Burghof, takes place on five weekends in June / July.
• On the last weekend of July, the local wineries hold the Burg Wine Festival in the courtyard .
• Since 1990, the Neuleiningen Christmas market has been held in the town center on the 1st and 2nd weekend in Advent , which radiates into the surrounding area because of the medieval surroundings.

Model flying

The model flight area of the model flight department of the Aviation Association Grünstadt and the surrounding area is located on a hill near the village .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Viticulture is the main economic branch of the place before tourism . The vineyards are located in the east of the municipality on the slopes of the Rhine plain. The slope towards the morning sun has two advantages: the soil warms up early after it has cooled down during the night, and colder air masses can quickly flow off into the plain so that the fresh shoots do not suffer frost damage in spring.

Viticulture in Neuleiningen has a long tradition. There are several wineries in the village, the existence of which dates back to the 18th century. They grow white wines ( Riesling , Chardonnay , Pinot Blanc , Müller-Thurgau ) as well as red wines ( Pinot Noir , Dornfelder , Schwarzriesling , St. Laurent , Blauer Portugieser , Cabernet Sauvignon ). Some wines mature in barrique barrels . Smaller areas are also planted with new grape varieties . New wine is offered in the wineries in autumn and mulled wine from our own production at Christmas .

The " Alte Pfarrey " restaurant has been awarded a Michelin star by the Michelin Guide . In addition, the upper mill once existed on site , while the rock mill has meanwhile been converted into a hotel.

traffic

Neuleiningen-Kleinkarlbach station

From 1903 the community had a connection to the railway network in the form of the Grünstadt – Altleiningen railway. The Neuleiningen-Kleinkarlbach station was designed as a joint train station with Kleinkarlbach. Passenger traffic ended in 1967, freight traffic at the end of 2005.

State road 453 , which connects the settlement area, runs through Neuleiningen, and state road 517 in the valley .

Although the place is away from the main traffic flows, the Autobahn 6 from Mannheim to Saarbrücken runs past the slope to the north . The next junction is four kilometers away in Grünstadt . There is also a connection to the federal road 271 from Bad Dürkheim to Monsheim and the parallel line of the Palatinate Northern Railway .

tourism

The 22-kilometer Leininger Burgenweg , which has its starting and ending point on site, and the Eckbach-Mühlenwanderweg run through Neuleiningen . The community is also the destination of the first stage of the Pfälzer Weinsteig hiking trail . In addition, the municipality is the northern starting point of a hiking trail, which is marked with a red bar and which creates a connection with Siebeldingen . A hiking trail marked with a green-red bar starts in Kaiserslautern and ends in the neighboring municipality of Kleinkarlbach .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Count Karl Emich zu Leiningen-Westerburg-Neuleiningen (1856–1906); bought the castle ruins in 1874, had a tower rebuilt and lived there regularly.
• Anton Rixner (1917–2010) led the Catholic church choir Neuleiningen for many years.

People born locally

• Simon Conradi (1872–1960), painter, was on site
• Bertram Blum (* 1950), Catholic theologian

People who worked on site

• Eva von Leiningen-Westerburg (1481–1543); Lady of the town, rescuer of the castle in 1525, founder of a hospital, person of the Palatinate People's Estate
• Alexander Esswein , soccer player, played for the local soccer club in his youth.
• Christina Geiger (* 1983), soccer player, played at TSV Neuleiningen in her youth
• Frank Rüttger , politician (CDU), lives there and grew up there

literature

• Literature about Neuleiningen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Neuleiningen  - Collection of images

• Official homepage of the local community Neuleiningen
• Local community Neuleiningen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Grünstadt-Land

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
3. ↑ GeoViewer of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Raw Materials ( information )
4. ↑ Freiburg Diocesan Archive , Volumes 86-87, Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1966, p. 151, (detail scan).
5. ↑ History on the municipality's website.
6. ↑ Hans Heiberger: Neuleiningen, History of a Mountain Fortress , Heidelberger Verlagsanstalt, 1996, pp. 13–37.
7. ↑ History on the municipality's website.
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Neuleiningen. Retrieved October 14, 2019 . 
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections.
10. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Leiningerland, Verbandsgemeinde, 17th line of results. Retrieved October 14, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Jakob Strobel Y Serra: "Alte Pfarrey" in Neuleiningen: Wine instead of beer, I advise you. In: www.faz.net. Retrieved May 25, 2018 . 
12. ↑ Hans Heiberger: The End of the Counts of Leiningen Westerburg , Verlag Klaus Dinges, Grünstadt, 2000, ISBN 3-9806596-1-5 , p. 53