Neupotz
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Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ' N , 8 ° 19' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Germersheim | |
| Association municipality : | Jockgrim | |
| Height : | 99 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 7.78 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 1921 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 247 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 76777 | |
| Area code : | 07272 | |
| License plate : | GER | |
| Community key : | 07 3 34 022 | |
| LOCODE : | DE 84A | |
| Association administration address: | Untere Buchstrasse 22 76751 Jockgrim |
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| Local Mayor : | Roland Bellaire ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the local community Neupotz in the district of Germersheim | ||
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Neupotz is a municipality in the district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Jockgrim , within which it is the smallest local community in terms of population.
geography
location
The community is located about two kilometers west of the Rhine on one of the many loops that became the Old Rhine as a result of Tulla's Rhine straightening . Parts of the forest in the direction of the Rhine are so-called alluvial forests , which are often under water. Neupotz also includes the Birkenhof, Burgerhof, Erlenhof, Hardtwald, Jägerhof and Schmiedhof residential spaces.
Waters
The Erlenbach in the north and the Otterbach in the south flow through the Neupotz district . The latter takes on the Wattbach flowing through the middle of the settlement area from the right. There are several standing waters on or near the Old Rhine , including the Setzfeldsee and the Obere Flätigsee . The Old Rhine also exists near Neupotz .
history
mention
The village of Pfotz was first mentioned in 1270. In 1522 the shores of the old fishing village of Pfotz were torn away when a dam was built near Jockgrim . In 1535 the inhabitants of Pfotz built a new village on the western boundary of the district called Neupfotz. The name comes from the Latin purteus , German puddle, marshland .
Bell saga from Potz
“The old village of Potz was once eaten away by the floods of the Rhine, it sank into the waters and has since rests in the dark depths. But when a fisherman drives over the spot where the village used to be on a Sunday morning, he can clearly see the village, the church, the fishermen's huts in the water and hear the bells of the little St. Nicholas church ringing below. "
Hoard find
The oldest horseshoes in Germany were found near Neupotz . They are dated to AD 294 and, along with kitchen utensils, files and other utensils, are part of the booty from a Roman villa, which is considered to be the largest hoard of the Teutons who crossed the Rhine in the third century . The pieces are shown in the traveling exhibition The Barbarian Treasure. The exhibition was a guest in Speyer, Augsburg, Luxemburg and Bonn, among others.
Modern times
From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , "Neupfotz" was incorporated into the canton of Germersheim and was subordinate to Mairie Leimersheim . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, the municipality, like the entire Palatinate, moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . Then the place changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria. From 1818 to 1862 Neu-Pfotz belonged - as the spelling at the time - to the Landkommissariat Germersheim ; from this the district office of Germersheim emerged.
On February 7, 1935, the place name was changed from "Neupfotz" to "Neupotz". Since 1939 the place is part of the district of Germersheim . After the Second World War , the municipality within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , Neupotz was incorporated into the newly created community of Jockgrim in 1972 . From 1975 to 1987 the Ortsgemeindez planned as the location for a nuclear power plant with two blocks of 1300 MW each. These plans were finally abandoned after the Chernobyl accident in 1986.
At the end of 2006, an investor appeared before the local council who wanted to build a floating holiday village with 66 floating houses on the Setzfeldsee . He also planned to build a public bathing beach and to bear the running costs. The topic was discussed a lot in the village, it was often a topic in the regional newspaper Die Rheinpfalz and on January 23, 2008 in the SWR broadcast Reiss und Menschen . According to a representative survey carried out by Forsa among newcomers on behalf of the local council , 54 percent of citizens were against the holiday village, only 34 percent were in favor. On February 12, 2008, Die Rheinpfalz reported that the investor had rejected his plans for Neupotz.
population
Population development
If not listed separately, the source of the data is the State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate.
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religion
In 1871, 1127 of the total population were Catholic, two Protestant and one person of the Evangelical Reformed faith. In 2012, 71.8 percent of the population were Catholic and 11.4 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The evangelicals were initially looked after from Bellheim, since the 1960s Neupotz has belonged to the parish of Rülzheim.
politics
Municipal council
The local council in Neupotz 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 | WGG | total |
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| 2019 | 3 | 7th | 6th | - | 16 seats |
| 2014 | 2 | 7th | 3 | 4th | 16 seats |
| 2009 | 3 | 6th | 3 | 4th | 16 seats |
| 2004 | 2 | 10 | 4th | - | 16 seats |
Local mayor
| Term of office | Surname | Political party |
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| 1933-1945 | Josef Loy | |
| 1945–1952 | Ludwig Trapp | |
| 1952-1964 | Georg Albert Antoni | |
| 1964-1979 | Karl August Röther | |
| 1979-1994 | Konrad Wünschel | CDU |
| 1994-2004 | Wilhelm Hammer | CDU |
| 2004-2014 | Emil Heid | CDU |
| since 2014 | Roland Bellaire | CDU |
In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Roland Bellaire was confirmed in office for another five years with a share of 71.95 percent of the vote.
Local government
The community still has a functional local call system . Official and non-official notifications are published through them. The announcements are usually made at lunchtime or in the early evening hours. No loudspeakers are installed in parts of the new development area, in Hardtwald and in Tullastrasse.
coat of arms
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Blazon : "A golden bell in blue, underneath a silver fish turned to the left." |
| Foundation of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Bavarian king in 1841 and goes back to a court seal from 1724. |
Sights and culture
Cultural monuments
The street ensemble Hauptstrasse and Kirchstrasse as well as the courtyard complex Kirchstrasse 2 are each designated as monument zones.
In addition, there are a total of twelve individual objects that are under monument protection , including the town hall, which houses the local history museum .
nature
The only natural monument on site are the Neupotzer mother poplars
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
State road 549 runs through the middle of Neupotz . The community is also connected to the local transport network by bus route 552, which connects to Rheinzabern and Landau in the Palatinate .
Institutions
The community belongs to the judicial district of the Kandel District Court .
Polders
In the districts of Neupotz, Rheinzabern, Jockgrim and Wörth there is a flood polder ( flood retention Wörth / Jockgrim ), which was officially handed over in 2013. The construction of the polder began in 2005. The total cost of 48 million euros was borne by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the federal government to each 40 percent and the state of Hesse to 20 percent. In the 1990s, the citizens' initiative "Kein Polder Neupotz" fought against the polder.
The retention extends over an area of 448 hectares. Of this, 145 hectares will in future be naturally flooded by the Rhine ( retention area ), and the main Rhine dike has been partially moved away from the river. 303 hectares can be used as a controlled polder for targeted capping of the high water peak. The retention volume of the controlled polder is 13.85 million cubic meters.
Roman ship
A replica of a Roman patrol boat, the Lusoria Rhenana , has been operating on the Setzfeldsee since 2013 .
tourism
The Willi-Schwab refuge, inaugurated in 1984 and operated by the Palatinate Forest Association , is located on site .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Walter Heid (1925–2003), politician (CDU)
Web links
- Internet presence of the local community Neupotz
- Tourism and leisure side
- Literature about Neupotz in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 146 (PDF; 3 MB).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Neupotz
- ↑ a b c Official directory and statistics of the Royal Bavarian Government District of the Palatinate, 1863, p. XXVII of the appendix
- ↑ a b Results of the census in the Kingdom of Bavaria from December 1, 1871 according to individual communities, 1873, p. 65
- ↑ Ewois, as of December 31, 2012
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Jockgrim, Verbandsgemeinde, third line of results. Retrieved April 25, 2020 .
- ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3
- ↑ Handover of the flood retention Wörth / Jockgrim on the website of the Jockgrim community , accessed on June 21, 2013.
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