Oberwiesen

This article is about a church in Germany. For the place of the same name in the community of Schleitheim in Switzerland, see Schleitheim .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	Kirchheimbolanden
Height :	250 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.61 km 2
Residents:	534 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	332 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67294
Area code :	06358
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 056
Association administration address:	Neue Allee 2 67292 Kirchheimbolanden
Website :	kirchheimbolanden.de
Mayoress :	Heike Renz (FWG)
Location of the local community Oberwiesen in the Donnersbergkreis

The village of Oberwiesen

Oberwiesen is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Kirchheimbolanden , within which it is the fifth smallest in terms of population and the second smallest in terms of area. In terms of area , Oberwiesen is one of the smallest communities in Germany.

geography

location

Oberwiesen is located in the North Palatinate Uplands within the Bürgerwald sub-area on the border between the Donnersbergkreis and the Alzey-Worms district and, consequently, on the border between the Palatinate and Rheinhessen . The place is about four kilometers northwest of the district town of Kirchheimbolanden and eight kilometers north of Donnersberg . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Offenheim , Orbis , Kirchheimbolanden and Kriegsfeld . The 358 meter high Kappelberg stretches to the northeast, but already beyond the municipal marker .

Waters

The Wiesbach runs right through the community . The Ambach coming from the right forms the border to Orbis as far as possible and the Kernbach coming from the left forms the border to Kirchheimbolanden the last meters before it flows into it. In the middle of the settlement area, the Wörlebach flows into the Wiesbach from the left .

history

middle Ages

Historical sources suggest that the settlement began around 1200, caused by the Lords of Morschheim . The Morschheimers were vassals of Count Bolanden . After financial problems, their rule passed to the Nassau-Weilburg line of the House of Nassau.

Other sources claim that the area around today's Oberwiesen was settled later than other areas. The origin of the village is not known, it is believed that a Wisha mentioned in connection with the Stauf rule was today's Oberwiesen. The village probably belonged to the rulership in the 14th century, but was probably passed on as a fief .

1307 received the eusserthal abbey , prompted by Wirich of Dhaun, a ground rent of his farm at Wihsen . In 1351 the Bruvelwiese zu Oberwizzen , which belonged to the knight Sybilmann Monphorn von Flomborn , went to the Alzey monastery. From 1370 Oberwiesen was a fiefdom of the Lords Heinrich von Wißen and Heune von Morschheim. After this line died out, the house of Nassau passed the place on to Philipp Ludwig von Steinkallenfels , who received the righteous and tithe . After the Steinkallenfelsers died out, it fell back to Nassau and in 1750 the Lords of Sturmfelden bought it to use it as a leasable bailiwick of the Electoral Palatinate .

Modern times

In 1794 the left bank of the Rhine was occupied in the First Coalition War. From 1798 to 1814 Oberwiesen belonged to the canton of Kirchheim (also called canton Kirchheimbolanden ) in the Donnersberg department and was subordinate to the Mairie Orbis . In 1815 the place had a total of 338 inhabitants.

Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna , the area first came to Austria in June 1815 and was ceded to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 on the basis of a state treaty . Under the Bavarian administration, Oberwiesen belonged to the Land Commissioner Kirchheim im Rheinkreis from 1817 , from 1862 to the Kirchheimbolanden district office and from 1939 to the Kirchheimbolanden district .

After the Second World War , the municipality of Oberwiesen within the French occupation zone became part of the Palatinate administrative district in the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the place changed to the newly formed Donnersbergkreis on June 7, 1969 . Three years later, the community was incorporated into the also newly created community of Kirchheimbolanden .

religion

The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer and are subordinate to the Donnersberg deanery , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Oberwiesen 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. With the 2019 election, the number of council members rose again from eight to twelve.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	5	-	7th	12 seats
2014	3	-	5	8 seats
2009	5	2	5	12 seats
2004	3	2	7th	12 seats

• FWG = voter group Oberwiesen e. V.

Local mayor

Local mayor is Heike Renz. In the local election on May 26, 2019, she was elected with a share of the vote of 76.41 percent, succeeding Andreas Thoni, who had not run for professional reasons. Before that, Gunnar Wolf held this office until 2014.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver on green ground a green spruce, topped by two six-pointed golden stars and topped with a jumping red stag with golden antlers and golden hooves." It was awarded in 1844 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria and goes back to a seal from 1779.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Listed residential building

Be on-site three objects under monument protection standing, including the Protestant church.

Other structures

The Catholic Church is located in the center of the village. The hunting school based in Oberwiesen with a teaching area of ​​the state of Rhineland-Palatinate was the first of its kind in Germany.

Events

The fisherman's festival takes place on the first Saturday in July and the Kerwe on the last weekend in August.

Economy and Infrastructure

In the village, the state road 399 , which leads from Kirchheimbolanden via Kriegsfeld to Oberhausen an der Appel , and the state road 406 , which connects with Alzey and Gau-Odernheim, cross . The A 63 runs southeast from Kaiserslautern to Mainz .

Local traffic was organized in the West Palatinate Transport Association (WVV) from 2000 , which has been fully integrated into the Rhein-Neckar Transport Association (VRN) since summer 2006 . In Kirchheimbolanden there is a stop of the Donnersbergbahn . The place is connected to the local transport network via the bus line 902 operated by Behles Bus , which runs from Eisenberg to Gaugrehweiler .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Johann Friedrich Dexheimer (1922–2013), innkeeper and local poet, lived on site

People who worked on site

• Max von Siebert (1829–1901), architect and Bavarian building officer, designed the Protestant church built in 1881 and 1882

literature

• K. Drescher: On the history of the village of Oberwiesen. An excerpt from German small states. In: Neue Leininger Blätter 5. 1931, pp. 41–44. ZDB ID 802915-5
• Literature about Oberwiesen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Oberwiesen  - Collection of images

• Local community Oberwiesen on the website of the Kirchheimbolanden community community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Statistical yearbook for the department of Donnersberg , 1811, p. 279 ( Google Books )
3. ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 161 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Oberwiesen. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchheimbolanden, Verbandsgemeinde, thirteenth line of results. Retrieved August 30, 2019 . 
7. ↑ The Rheinpfalz: Andreas Thoni now Deputy Mayor. July 19, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .