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	Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '  N , 8 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Dürkheim
Association municipality :	Leiningerland
Height :	158 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.52 km 2
Residents:	712 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	202 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67271
Area code :	06359
License plate :	DÜW
Community key :	07 3 32 040
Association administration address:	Industriestrasse 11 67269 Grünstadt
Website :	www.obersuelzen.de
Local Mayor :	Andreas Lehmann ( SPD )
Location of the local community Obersülzen in the Bad Dürkheim district

Obersülzen is a municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Dürkheim . It is located in the north-west of the European Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and is part of the Leiningerland community .

geography

location

Obersülzen lies at a good 150  m above sea level. NHN in the northeast of the Palatinate , just south of the border with Rheinhessen . To the west to the Leininger Sporn , the northeast edge of the Palatinate Forest , it is 5 km as the crow flies, to the east through the Upper Rhine Plain to the Rhine about 15 km. The hill country in which the municipality is embedded belongs to the northeastern foothills of the Palatinate wine-growing region .

geology

On the northern edge of the residential development, the Landgraben , which was renatured in 2008, flows from west to east , which is later referred to as the Floßbach after the inflow of the Sausenheimer Graben and flows into the Eckbach in the neighboring village of Dirmstein .

The soils are medium heavy and very fertile. Above all in the east of the municipality they are interspersed with loess deposits .

Neighboring communities

To the west of Obersülzen is the small town of Grünstadt ; clockwise the local communities of Obrigheim in the north, Dirmstein in the east, Laumersheim in the southeast, Großkarlbach and Bissersheim in the south and Kirchheim in the southwest.

history

Obersülzen was first mentioned in the Weißenburg documents in 773. It was owned by the Counts of Leiningen until 1477 . After that, it was jointly administered by the Leiningen-Westerburg and the Electoral Palatinate for four years . In 1481 it came under the sole rule of the elector and was subordinated to the Oberamt Alzey , the competent Unteramt was Freinsheim .

The further fate of the village coincides with that of the rest of the Electoral Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine: it was annexed by France after the French Revolution and came to Bavaria in 1816, after Napoleon's final disempowerment , where it remained until the end of the Second World War .

The village belonged to the district of Frankenthal (Pfalz) until it was dissolved in 1969 and the change to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim took place. In 1972 the place was assigned to the newly formed community of Grünstadt-Land , which in 2018 became part of the community of Leiningerland.

religion

In 2007, 41.7% of the population were Protestant and 25% Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Obersülzen consists of twelve 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	GREEN	total
2019	7th	5	-	12 seats
2014	5	7th	-	12 seats
2009	5	7th	-	12 seats
2004	3	7th	2	12 seats

mayor

The local mayor is Andreas Lehmann (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 67.44% of the votes.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In blue the full-length figure of a miter bearer - bishop or abbot - with a gold-braided silver miter, silver alb and black cap, in his right hand a gold book with silver clasps, in his left a golden crook."

It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1983 and goes back to a seal from 1602.

Sights and culture

Buildings

Protestant Church

Protestant Church

Mennonite Church

Guild tree

Today's Protestant Church of St. John the Baptist on the eastern edge of the village was first mentioned in a document in 1496. It was originally a Romanesque fortified church , of which the squat tower from the early 13th century is still preserved, which has three storeys and is covered by a gable roof between shield gables. In 1766 the church received its present nave and interior. The organ was built by Wilhelm Sauer in 1896 and restored in 1984. In 2016 the 250th anniversary of the late baroque nave took place.

Mennonite Church

In the 16th century, Mennonites from Switzerland found refuge as religious refugees in Obersülzen, where they have since formed a community. In 1866 they built a small classicist church without a tower in the center of the village , which was restored at the beginning of the 21st century.

Other buildings of interest

The multi-generation courtyard and the former schoolhouse, which has been converted into a village community center, date from the classicist era. A fountain from the 16th century was moved to the garden area of ​​the multi-generation courtyard.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Obersülzen

Regular events

• Asparagus Festival (on Corpus Christi)
• Blaschderstroßefeschd ( cobblestone street festival; until about 2001, when the main street was paved and the festival was stopped, on the last weekend in June)
• Kerwe (the first weekend in September)
• White and blue Oktoberfest (on the first weekend in October)

regional customs

A guild tree , the figures of which were created by the artist Udo Marker, stands between the fortified church and the village community center.

nature

In the gatehouse and on a wooden tower of Hofgut Heinze there are 263 nesting aids that have made it possible for the largest house martin colony to settle in Germany.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Obersülzen is traditionally characterized by agriculture . Almost the entire agricultural area can be used for viticulture . There is the largest nursery in Germany in the village ; it deals with the propagation of existing grape varieties and the development of new varieties . In addition to viticulture, fruit and asparagus cultivation are also noteworthy. Argisol Bewa GmbH offers building systems.

traffic

The community is connected via the state road 453 (Grünstadt– Frankenthal ) to the federal road 271 ( Bad Dürkheim - Monsheim ) 1 km away , which in turn has a connection to the Autobahn 6 ( Mannheim - Saarbrücken ) near Grünstadt (2 km) .

social life

The SV Obersülzen football pitch , located in front of the western entrance to the municipality between L 453 and the Floßbach, has the first artificial turf in Rhineland-Palatinate to be licensed by FIFA .

A corn maze is created next to the sports area every year , in which visitors can test their sense of direction.

A large farm estate , which used to produce seeds, has been preserved in its substance, renovated and converted into a “multi- generation farm ”, as a dormitory and workshop for mentally disabled people. The sponsorship is owned by the association for aftercare and rehabilitation of mentally ill people in Frankenthal.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Heinrich Stauffer (1863–1931), politician (BdL)

literature

• Literature about Obersülzen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Obersülzen  - Collection of images

• Local municipality Obersülzen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Grünstadt-Land

References and comments

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2007
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Obersülzen. Retrieved October 14, 2019 . 
4. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Local council election 2014 Obersülzen. Retrieved October 14, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Leiningerland, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved October 14, 2019 . 
7. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate . Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
8. ↑ Note: The year 1141 recorded in many writings relates to the Mauritius Church in Hohen-Sülzen .
9. ^ Ernst Otto Pieper, Gamekeeper St. Hubertus e. V .: Ulrich Heinze. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 22, 2016 ; Retrieved June 16, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.