Petersberg (Palatinate)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Height :	340 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.83 km 2
Residents:	881 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	230 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66989
Area code :	06334
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 037
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 52 ; 66987 Thaleischweiler-Fröschen
Website :	www.vgtw.de
Local Mayor :	Alexander Raquet
Location of the local community Petersberg in the district of Südwestpfalz

Petersberg is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben community .

The Staffelhof residential area also belongs to Petersberg .

history

Petersberg was founded in 1711 or 1712 by three Rodalber citizens as an annex of the village of Rodalben . The first documentary mention in the baptismal register comes from the year 1714. As early as 1827, the Petersbergers made a written application to become an independent community. It was only after a few attempts in the meantime that this succeeded on April 1, 1955, when Petersberg became an independent municipality through state law of November 8, 1954.

At that time the place had only four streets, there was neither sewer nor sewage treatment plant, there had been a lack of building land for a long time and in the village school that was still in existence at that time there was even no toilet system. The place, which today no longer differs from comparable places, was largely created in the years after the company became self-employed.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Petersberg consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	-	4th	8th	12 seats
2014	-	5	7th	12 seats
2009	-	7th	5	12 seats
2004	7th	5	-	12 seats

FWG = Free Voting Community Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Fröschen e. V.

mayor

Mayor:

1955–1964 Otto Auer (CDU)
1964–1971 Emil Becker (CDU)

After the administrative reform and formation of association communities on December 31, 1971

Local mayor

1972–1990 Emil Becker (CDU)
1990–1994 Heinz-Günter Best (CDU)
1994–1999 Helge Hussung (SPD)
1999-2007 Uwe Vahldiek (SPD)
2007-2014 Helge Hussung (SPD)
since 2014 Alexander Raquet (FWG)

In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Alexander Raquet was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 86.45%.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Shield split by red and blue, on the right on a green three-hill a vertical golden key with the beard turned upwards, on the left a gold-reinforced silver griffin."

Justification of the coat of arms: The key is the attribute of Peter . Together with the Dreiberg, the place name is thus represented. On the right the griffin of the Baden coat of arms taken from the local coat of arms of Rodalben.

At the request of the municipality of Petersberg, which had become independent in 1955, the state archive in Speyer had designed the local coat of arms in 1957, which the local council approved on June 7, 1957. The coat of arms was created by State Archives Councilor Dr. Designed by Jan and executed by Ph. Stürmer.

Economy and Infrastructure

Petersberg lies in the triangle of the A 62 and the federal road 10 .

Personalities

The only honorary citizenship of Petersberg was awarded to Josef Becker (CDU) in 1980 for his services to the community, in particular for becoming self-employed.

literature

Chronicle of Petersberg - Author: Former Mayor Emil Becker - available from the Thaleischweiler-Fröschen municipal administration

Web links

Commons : Petersberg - Collection of Images

The local community Petersberg on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Literature about Petersberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 110 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Thaleischweiler-Fröschen-Wallhalben, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth row of results. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 110 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[3] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[4] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Thaleischweiler-Fröschen-Wallhalben, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth row of results. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .