Oberweiler in the valley

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.71 km 2
Residents:	158 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67756
Area code :	06304
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 072
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 6a 67742 Lauterecken
Website :	www.vg-lw.de
Local Mayor :	Harry Kelemen
Location of the local community Oberweiler in the valley in the Kusel district

Oberweiler im Tal is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association. The ruins of the Sprengelburg, built around 1300, are located in the south on the border with Eßweiler .

geography

The place is located in the Talbachtal between the Königberg (in the east), the Bornberg (in the southwest) and the Herrmannsberg (in the west) in the North Palatinate Bergland . Hinzweiler is to the north and Eßweiler to the south .

history

Oberweiler was first mentioned in a document in 1290. The place belonged to the administrative complex Eßweiler Tal . Around 1300 the Sprengelburg was built in the south on a foothill of the Königsberg. The lords of the castle were the knights of Mulenstein, feudal men of the wild counts .

The Neideck farm also belonged to the knights of Mülenstein and was first mentioned as Nydeckin farm around 1400 . It is said to be located in Bornberg between Graulsdell and Zähreberg. In 1595, according to Johannes Hofmann, the farm was no longer managed and fell into disrepair. In a map from 1843 Neideck was registered as a Kratzerhof (perhaps after Count Kratz von Scharfenstein, successor to the Mülensteiners in the administration of the Eßweiler valley), north of it a Gewanne Hofstatt. Possibly this estate was fortified like a castle.

In 1595 Oberweiler and the entire Eßweiler valley became part of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . In 1755 it switched back to the Wildgraves. After 1792 the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops and the region was incorporated into the French Republic . From 1798 to 1814 Oberweiler belonged to the canton Wolfstein in the Département du Mont-Tonnerre (Donnersberg). From 1816 until the end of the First World War to the Kingdom of Bavaria , then to the Free State of Bavaria . Oberweiler in the valley has belonged to Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 . With the formation of the Verbandsgemeinde Wolfstein on January 1, 1972, the Eßweiler mayor responsible for Oberweiler im Tal was dissolved. The community has been part of the Lauterecken-Wolfstein community since 2014.

Between 1700 and 1789, mercury was mined in the district.

In 1609 there were 135 inhabitants in Oberweiler, in 1802 there were 229.

Population development

The further development of the population of the municipality of Oberweiler im Tal, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 273 1835 351 1871 348 1905 312 1939 248 1950 280

year Residents 1961 240 1970 244 1987 223 1997 187 2005 155 2019 158

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Oberweiler im Tal consists of six 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

Harry Kelemen was again the local mayor of Oberweiler in 2014, as he had already held this position from 1991 to 1993 as the successor to Emil Ginkel, who had died suddenly. Because there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was carried out by the council in accordance with municipal regulations. On June 28, 2019, he confirmed Harry Kelemen for another five years in his office.

coat of arms

The blazon reads: "Under a gold-red zigzag shield head in gold, over a growing red battlement castle with a red battlement tower a red scourge."

The coat of arms was approved in 1983 by the district government of Rheinhessen-Pfalz .

Economy and Infrastructure

State road L 372 runs through the village . Federal road 270 runs to the east . The closest station for the Lautertalbahn is on the Reckweilerhof .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Oberweiler im Tal

literature

• Literature about Oberweiler im Tal in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Oberweiler im Tal  - Collection of images

• Local community Oberweiler im Tal on the pages of the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association
• Oberweiler im Tal at regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Daniel Hinkelmann: The knights Mülenstein von Grumbach (1318-1451) and their Springeburg castle (according to knowledge up to April 1978) . Westrich Calendar 1979
3. ↑ Keddigkeit / Burkhart / Übel: Palatinate Burgenlexikon Part 3, ISBN 3-927754-51-X , publisher: Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, Kaiserslautern
4. ↑ ^{a b} Christian Schüler-Beigang (edit.): Kreis Kusel (=  cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 16 ). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 1999, ISBN 3-88462-163-7 .
5. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ After 20 years back at the helm. Die Rheinpfalz, October 21, 2014, accessed on May 2, 2020 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Lauterecken-Wolfstein, Verbandsgemeinde, 30th line of results. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Rundschau for the Glan and Lautertal: Announcement. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Official Gazette, edition 25/2019, accessed on May 2, 2020 . 
10. ^ Philipp Doth: Oberweiler im Tal: Harry Kelemen again mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, July 5, 2019, accessed on May 2, 2020 .