Oberstaufenbach
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Coordinates: 49 ° 31 ' N , 7 ° 31' E |
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State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Kusel | |
Association municipality : | Kusel-Altenglan | |
Height : | 254 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 2.68 km 2 | |
Residents: | 278 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 104 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 66879 | |
Area code : | 06385 | |
License plate : | KUS | |
Community key : | 07 3 36 071 | |
LOCODE : | DE R6T | |
Association administration address: | Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel |
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Local Mayor : | Thomas Andes | |
Location of the Oberstaufenbach community in the Kusel district | ||
Oberstaufenbach is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .
geography
The place is in the Reichenbachtal in the Kuseler Musikantenland in the West Palatinate . To the north is Niederstaufenbach , southeast Reichenbach-Steegen and southwest is Neunkirchen am Potzberg .
The Birkenhof residential area also belongs to Oberstaufenbach .
Population development
The development of the population of Oberstaufenbach, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Oberstaufenbach consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as Vorsitzendm.
mayor
Thomas Andes became the local mayor of Oberstaufenbach on July 4, 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election was carried out by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations. This unanimously decided in favor of Andes.
Andes' predecessors were Eckhard Schneidereit, who was also elected by the council in 2016, Nicole Fleischer until she left the community on October 31, 2015, and Wilhelm Junk until 2014.
coat of arms
The place names are represented in the coat of arms with the wave bar (brook) and the rock (Stauf). The golden lion refers to the Electoral Palatinate , to which Oberstaufenbach used to belong.
Economy and Infrastructure
In the southwest is the A 62 . In Theisbergstegen there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Daniel Kuntz (1860–1959), musician
See also
literature
- Jan Fickert: Around the Potzberg. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 2010.
- Literature about Oberstaufenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Web links
- Oberstaufenbach municipality
- Ortgemeinde Oberstaufenbach on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
- History of Oberstaufenbach on regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 158 (PDF; 3 MB).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ a b Eric Sayer: Oberstaufenbach local council elects Thomas Andes as local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, July 7, 2019, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 26th line of results. Retrieved May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Schneidereit local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, February 20, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- Jump out : Fleischer resigns from office. Die Rheinpfalz, October 10, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Applications submitted for free. Local Mayor Wilhelm Junk. Die Rheinpfalz, March 14, 2014, accessed on May 16, 2020 .