Neunkirchen am Potzberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '  N , 7 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	343 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.01 km 2
Residents:	405 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	81 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66887
Area code :	06385
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 066
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	www.neunkirchen-am-potzberg.de
Mayoress :	Lilli Niebergall
Location of the local community Neunkirchen am Potzberg in the Kusel district

Neunkirchen am Potzberg is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .

geography

Neunkirchen am Potzberg is located southeast of the district town of Kusel in the West Palatinate in the middle of the North Palatinate Bergland and its sub-area Potzberg-Königsberg Group . The place borders on the district of Kaiserslautern . The southern flank of the 562 m high Potzberg , which is often referred to as the "King of Westrich", is located on the parish of the local community. The Kirchberg also rises in the middle of the settlement area . Neunkirchen also includes the Kreuzhof and Talhof residential areas .

Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Föckelberg , Oberstaufenbach , Reichenbach-Steegen , Matzenbach and Rutsweiler am Glan .

history

"Neunkirchen" am Potzberg is mentioned for the first time in 1329 in a document.

The place bears the name of its church in the place name. The “new church” presumably received this to distinguish it from the old Peterskirche of Theisbergstegen , which served as the mother church of Neunkirchen. Up until the Reformation there was a chapel in Neunkirchen at the site of the current “Union Church”, which was consecrated to Saint Cyriacus . The Cyriakus Market took place on the Kirchberg on the saint's name day, August 8th. In the 17th century, this market was successively replaced by the Jakobskerwe, which is celebrated to the present day.

During the Reformation the chapel was transformed into a Lutheran parish church. The old Gothic church, with its massive round tower, vaulted choir and stone pulpit, was supposedly rebuilt under Count Palatine Leopold Ludwig von Pfalz-Veldenz . In 1750, a reformed church was built in Neunkirchen on the Kirchberg after the reformed had gathered for it all over Germany and beyond. In the Palatinate Church Union of 1818, the Lutherans and Reformed were amalgamated. In 1825 this union found visible expression in the new building of today's “Union Church”. The architect of this church was Paul von Denis , a royal Bavarian engineer and known as the builder of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway . A Gothic pointed arch window is reminiscent of the old predecessor church from the Middle Ages. After the renovation, the old organ with its magnificent prospect is now playable again, built in 1784 by the Meisenheim organ builder Philipp Daniel Schmitt.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , the place was incorporated into the canton of Wolfstein . In 1815 Neunkirchen initially belonged to Austria . After the Congress of Vienna , it was added to Bavaria a year later . From 1818 to 1862 the community continued to belong to the canton of Wolfstein and was part of the Kusel Land Commissioner , which was then converted into a district office.

In 1939 the place was incorporated into the Kusel district. After the Second World War , Neunkirchen am Potzberg became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the community became part of the Altenglan community in 1972 . The place has belonged to the Kusel-Altenglan community since 2018 .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Neunkirchen consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the volunteer local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Lilli Niebergall became mayor of Neunkirchen am Potzberg in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for another five years with 63.48% of the votes.

Niebergall's predecessor was Max Rübel.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Split by gold and black. On the right a red church, on the left a red crowned and armored golden lion. " It was awarded in 1975 by the Neustadt district government .
	Justification of the coat of arms: The lion and the colors gold and black come from the coat of arms of the Electoral Palatinate , which ruled the area until the French Revolution. The church symbolizes the place name Neunkirchen, which is derived from Neue Kirche .

Culture

Listed Protestant Church

The only cultural monument on site is the Protestant church on the Kirchberg; it shapes the townscape of Neunkirchen am Potzberg and it is the dominant structure of the local community. You will cherishes the fortified perimeter wall of the old cemetery and the old court lime tree , which is one of two natural monuments , shaded represents.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In the municipality were with Schurf salt lick , the Schurfstollen Zahnsche attempt , the Schurfstollen Jakob castle and the blessing of Jacob Schurfstollen more mercury mines from the late 18th century once; the latter two were given up before 1788.

traffic

State road 364 runs through Neunkirchen and connects the town with Gimsbach and Oberstaufenbach . From this the district road 34 branches off to Mühlbach am Glan . In the southwest is the A 62 . In Theisbergstegen there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line .

Neunkirchen is connected to the local transport network via bus route 277 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association , which connects the town with Altenglan and Etschberg .

Institutions

In Neunkirchen there is a kindergarten, a primary school and a library.

tourism

The Franconia-Hessen-Kurpfalz long-distance hiking trail marked with a red cross runs through the community . The Potzberg Wildlife Park , which is partially located on the municipality marker, makes the municipality a popular destination for excursions. The Schützenbrunnen with seating is located in the Neunkirchen district in the Potzbergwald.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ludwig Roediger (1798–1866), theologian, educator, philosopher
• Armin Otto Huber (1904–1977), writer
• Domenik Hixon (* 1984), American football player

People who worked on site

• Ludwig Boslet (1860–1951), organist and composer, was a local teacher when he was 20

literature

• Jan Fickert: Around the Potzberg. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2010.
• Jan Fickert, Rudolf Bleiching, Dieter Zenglein: Neunkirchen am Potzberg. 675 years. 1329-2004 . Ed .: Local community Neunkirchen. Göddel & Sefrin, Waldmohr 2004.
• Jan Fickert: The original cadastre of Neunkirchen am Potzberg. In: Westrichkalender Kusel 2002. Görres, Koblenz 2002, pp. 67–74.
• Literature about Neunkirchen am Potzberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Neunkirchen am Potzberg  - collection of images

• Website of the local community Neunkirchen am Potzberg
• Local community Neunkirchen am Potzberg on the website of the Association of Kusel-Altenglan
• Neunkirchen am Potzberg 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. 158 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ ^{a b} Preserving the old, being open to the new. Die Rheinpfalz, August 22, 2014, accessed on May 13, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 22nd line of results. Retrieved May 13, 2020 . 
6. ^ Jan Fickert, Rudolf Bleiching, Dieter Zenglein: Neunkirchen am Potzberg. 675 years. 1329-2004 . Ed .: Local community Neunkirchen. Göddel & Sefrin, Waldmohr 2004.