Nussbach (Palatinate)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 38 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Height :	244 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.12 km 2
Residents:	553 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67759
Area code :	06364
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 069
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 6a 67742 Lauterecken
Website :	www.nussbach-alte-welt.de
Local Mayor :	Ronald Black
Location of the local community Nussbach in the district of Kusel

Nussbach is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association.

geography

The place is located on the Nussbach of the same name in the North Palatinate Uplands . Reipoltskirchen is in the northwest , Teschenmoschel in the east, Rathskirchen in the southeast and Hefersweiler to the southwest .

history

Nussbach was first mentioned in a document in 1309. It belonged to the Rhinegrave until 1553 as part of a land swap to the Upper Rhine Circle belonging rich direct rule Reipoltskirchen arrived.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Nussbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Ronald Schwarz became the local mayor of Nussbach in July 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 80.30% of the vote. His predecessor Werner Pries had held the office for 20 years.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “Divided by red and green by a silver oblique left-hand wave bar, a golden bell tower above, a golden hazelnut branch with two hazelnuts and a leaf below.” It was approved in 1985 by the Neustadt district government .

Culture and sights

The Old World Museum is located in Nussbach and includes a loom from the 18th century.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Nussbach

Sons and daughters of the church

• Aloys Schirmer (1911–1981), pastor

literature

• Literature about Nussbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Nussbach  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Nussbach
• Local community Nußbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein
• Nussbach at regionalgeschichte.net
• Internet presence of the "Old World Museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ↑ Markus Henz: Nussbach: Ronald Schwarz introduced as local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, July 19, 2019, accessed on May 1, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Verbandsgemeinde, 29th line of results. Retrieved May 1, 2020 . 
5. ^ From the district: Runoff election: Werner Pries remains mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, September 8, 2014, accessed on May 1, 2020 .