Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach

This article covers the municipality of Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach in Rhineland-Palatinate. For other meanings of the first part of the name, see Obernheim (disambiguation)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '  N , 7 ° 35'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Height :	394 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.61 km 2
Residents:	1615 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	188 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66919
Primaries :	06371, 06375
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 219
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 52 66987 Thaleischweiler-Fröschen
Website :	www.vgtw.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Traub ( CDU )
Location of the local community Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach in the district of Südwestpfalz

Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach is the northernmost municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben , within which it is the third largest local community in terms of population.

geography

Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach lies in a valley below the Sickinger Höhe on the edge of the Palatinate Forest and forms the northern end of the district of Südwestpfalz. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Oberarnbach , Bann , Queidersbach , Weselberg , Hettenhausen , Gerhardsbrunn and Mittelbrunn . The community is divided into the districts of Obernheim, Kirchenarnbach and Neumühle .

history

Obernheim and Kirchenarnbach were part of the Landstuhl rule of the Barons von Sickingen .

In connection with the French Revolutionary Wars , the region came under French administration in 1794. and from 1798 belonged to the canton Landstuhl in the Donnersberg department . From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Obernheim and Kirchenarnbach were incorporated into the canton of Kaiserslautern and subordinated to the Mairie Gerhardsbrunn .

In 1815 the municipality of Austria was added. Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862, "Kirchenarnbach and Obernheim" - still part of the canton Landstuhl, which was henceforth Bavarian - belonged to the Homburg Land Commissioner ; from this the district office of Homburg emerged.

The community name was changed in 1911 from Kirchenarnbach-Obernheim to Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach . Since part of the district office - including Homburg itself - was added to the newly created Saar area in 1920 , Vogelbach moved to the newly created district office in Landstuhl . From 1939 the place was part of the district of Kaiserslautern . After the Second World War , Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach 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 municipality was reclassified on April 22, 1972 to the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . At the same time, the community became part of the newly created Verbandsgemeinde Wallhalben , since 2014 Obernheim-Kitrchenarnbach has been part of the Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben .

population

Population development

The development of the population of Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, based on the current municipality area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 428 1835 683 1871 779 1905 789 1939 1,077 1950 1,169

year Residents 1961 1,525 1970 1,746 1987 1,810 1997 2.016 2005 1,833 2019 1,615

religion

At the end of 2014, 79.4 percent of the population were Catholic and 11.9 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach 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	CDU	FWG N	FWG O	WGH	WGF	total
2019	7th	6th	3	-	-	16 seats
2014	7th	4th	1	4th	-	16 seats
2009	6th	2	1	3	4th	16 seats

• FWG N = Free Voting Community Neumühle e. V.
• FWG O = Free Voting Community Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach e. V.
• WGH = voter group Heintz
• WGF = Flickinger voter group

mayor

Andreas Traub (CDU) became the mayor of Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach in 2004. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 62.53%.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Split by red and green, on the right a black heraldic shield, in it five silver balls 2: 1: 2, with a steel-blue clasp helmet and golden crest in the form of a swan's body with a black beak, on the back with three red balls adorned with black cock feathers, on the left a growing, silver-bricked, red-roofed church tower with a golden cross and a black half-timbered top. " It was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1960 .

Foundation of the coat of arms: The five Bollen remind of the former local lords, the Lords of Sickingen .

Culture and sights

Listed wayside cross in place

Cultural monuments

There are a total of 15 objects on site that are under monument protection , including the Catholic church ruins from the 14th century, the unusually large St. John's Church in relation to the location with an organ by Friedrich Weigle , the pilgrimage chapel Maria Bildeich and the Protestant church ; the latter includes an organ built by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau . .

nature

A linden tree in the settlement area is designated as a natural monument .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The district roads 16 and 20 lead through the village ; the former runs in a west-east direction and the latter connects the community with Wallhalben. There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the nearby A 62 . The closest train station is Landstuhl .

tourism

The Saudell hut, inaugurated in 1981 at an altitude of 320 meters and operated by the local branch of the Palatinate Forest Association based in Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach, is located within the municipality .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Ludwig Habelitz (1889–1970), politician (CVP, CDU)

People who worked on site

• Joseph Sales Miltenberger (1777-1854), Catholic priest, was a pastor in Kirchenarnbach in 1809
• Johannes Kriebitzsch (1857–1938), glass painter, painted the windows in the local Johanneskirche in 1899

Web links

Commons : Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach  - Collection of images

• Local community Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
• Literature about Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach 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. ^ Wilhelm Volkert, Richard Bauer: Handbook of the Bavarian offices, municipalities and courts 1799-1980. P. 487.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ↑ Municipal statistics KommWis, as of December 31, 2014
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2014 Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal council election 2009 Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach. Retrieved March 29, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Circle compact. Andreas Traub, 15 years in office (second paragraph). Die Rheinpfalz, April 9, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2020 . 
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Thaleischweiler-Fröschen-Wallhalben, Verbandsgemeinde, 15th line of results. Retrieved March 28, 2020 . 
10. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .