Niederschlettenbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 5 '  N , 7 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Dahn rock country
Height :	203 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.64 km 2
Residents:	287 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76891
Area code :	06394
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 033
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 29 66994 Dahn
Website :	www.niederschlettenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Thomas Pietsch (FWG)
Location of the local community Niederschlettenbach in the district of Südwestpfalz

View of Niederschlettenbach

Niederschlettenbach is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Dahner Felsenland , which has its administrative seat in the city of Dahn and within which it is the fourth smallest local community both in terms of its number of inhabitants and in terms of area.

geography

location

Niederschlettenbach is located in Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called, in the so-called Dahner Felsenland . Geologically, the Trifels layers dominate on site . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Erlenbach bei Dahn , Bobenthal , Nothweiler and Bundenthal . The state border with France is located around two kilometers south of the municipality marker . In addition, Niederschlettenbach is part of the Upper Mundat Forest

Surveys

In the south of the district, not far from the border to Bobenthal, the 378.3 m high partial  mountain extends and in the east the 321  m high Dörrhalde .

Waters

The place is on the Wieslauter , which touches the southern edge of the settlement. On site, the Erlenbach flows into this from the left , flowing in a north-south direction through the middle of the buildings. The Portzbach , which runs further east, forms the boundary with Bobenthal.

history

The Codex Edelini reports on the consecration of the Laurentius Church in Slettenbach (Niederschlettenbach) in 1068 . An old gable stone with the dedication inscription from May 13, 1068 is walled in in the old choir. A Roman stone "Diana" from the late second or early third century is walled in on the east side of the tower.

In! 8. Century was the site of the headquarters for Weissenburg Abbey belonging Fauthei Schlettenbach which additionally places Bobenthal, Bundenthal , Bärenbach , Finster home included and Erlenbach.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Niederschlettenbach was incorporated into the Canton of Dahn . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, Bärenbach moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Pirmasens , which was converted into a district office in 1862.

In 1939 Erlenbach was incorporated into the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . The village was badly damaged during World War II . Many old half-timbered houses were destroyed. After the 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 Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the community was assigned to the newly created community of Dahner Felsenland in 1972 .

religion

In 2012, 67.6 percent of the population were Catholic and 16.2 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer and are subordinate to the Deanery Pirmasens , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

Culture

Buildings

Cultural monuments

Parish Church of St. Laurentius

There are a total of seven objects on site that are listed buildings. Among them is the Gothic St. Anna Chapel, one kilometer west of the settlement area of ​​Niederschlettenbach, which was built around 1400. The annual pilgrimage takes place on the Saturday after July 26th. In this chapel lie the bones of Hans Trapp , the knight from Berwartstein Castle († 1503). The place is dominated by the parish church of St. Laurentius with a Gothic choir around 1220 and 1230 and a tower from the 14th century. There is a medieval sundial on the tower.

other structures

There is a weir above the village on the Lauter.

nature

Niederschlettenbach is located in the middle of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , which in turn belongs to the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord Biosphere Reserve .

Knight stones

There are a total of four knight stones on the parish of the municipality . Ritterstein 22 bears the inscription Glückauf L. v. G. 1835 and is part of the garden wall of the Erzgrube forester's house. 191 Former The silver mine is on the border with Bobenthal at the entrance to a former silver mine. 193  Three Men Path marks a path that was built by three people without official work. 196 Former Iron ore mine is not far from Ritterstein 22 and indicates a former iron ore mine.

Events

The St. Anna Festival is celebrated on site every year .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Niederschlettenbach consists of eight 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 eight seats in the municipal council are divided between two groups of voters .

mayor

Thomas Pietsch became local mayor of Niederschlettenbach on September 24, 2019, after he had achieved 91.5% of the vote in the repeat election two days earlier. This election had become necessary because in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the 35-year-old mayor Roman Mertz was the only candidate to miss the necessary majority with a share of 43.0% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "By a silver oblique wave bar, covered with a red crook, divided by blue and green, above a silver capital letter S, below a silver covered red church with silver edge stones, in the base of the shield a six-pointed golden star." It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1982 .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Due to the geographic conditions, the forest and timber industry dominated the area for centuries. The mining industry, which in the meantime had come to a complete standstill, also had an impact on the community.

traffic

State road 490 in Niederschlettenbach

The state road 478 runs through Niederschlettenbach and runs in an easterly direction to Wissembourg and in the west, always not far from the border with France, via Hornbach into Saarland . Within the center of the village branches off from this state road 490 , which runs to Annweiler am Trifels . To the west of the settlement area branches off from the state road 478 to the county road 46 , which connects Nothweiler to the road network. The public transport in the transport association Rhein-Neckar integrated (VRN). The line 548 operated by SüdwestBus provides the connection to the next cities ( Dahn and Bad Bergzabern ) and to Weißenburg .

The nearest train station, Bundenthal-Rumbach on the Wieslauterbahn , has been located four kilometers to the north-west since 1911, although it is only used seasonally . The next train station with daily service is in Weißenburg in Alsace , 13 kilometers to the southeast. From there, the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn leads to Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and the TER Alsace route to Vendenheim in the direction of Strasbourg . The outbreak of the First World War prevented a gap between the Wieslauterbahn and Wissembourg via Niederschlettenbach . Plans in the 1920s to extend the Wieslauterstrecke via the community as well as Nothweiler, Schönau to Fischbach were put to a halt by the government for cost reasons.

Niederschlettenbach is five kilometers south of the federal highway 427 , which leads from Hinterweidenthal via Dahn and Bad Bergzabern to Kandel .

tourism

Parsonage in Niederschlettenbach

With the Pamina cycle path Lautertal , which runs from Hinterweidenthal to Neuburg am Rhein , a cycle path also leads through the district. In the center of the village there is the parish house in Niederschlettenbach , inaugurated in 1947 by the local branch of the Palatinate Forest Association , where overnight stays are offered.

Personalities

• Christoph von Trotha (~ 1490 – after 1546), Palatine nobleman, until 1511 owner of the place
• David Pareus (1548–1622), Reformed theologian, was a preacher in Niederschlettenbach for a short time in 1571

Web links

Commons : Niederschlettenbach  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the community of Niederschlettenbach
• Literature about Niederschlettenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Christoph Dette (Ed.): Liber possessionum Wizenburgensis , sources and treatises on the Middle Rhine Church history, vol. 59, Mainz 1987, p. 150f. Digitized
3. ↑ Martin Dagger; Albrecht Greule: Historical settlement names of the Palatinate , publishing house of the Palatinate Society for the Promotion of Science, Speyer 1991, p. 341.
4. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ Christian Clemens: Niederschlettenbach: Thomas Pietsch is the new mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, September 22, 2019, accessed on April 8, 2020 . 
7. ^ Mechthilde Treusch: Mayor: Schlettenbach elects in September. Die Rheinpfalz, June 26, 2019, accessed on April 8, 2020 . 
8. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Gräber, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .