Pfeffelbach

This article describes the local community Pfeffelbach , for the source stream of the same name of the Kuselbach see Pfeffelbach (Kuselbach)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 32 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.28 km 2
Residents:	883 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66871
Area code :	06384
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 077
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	www.pfeffelbach.de
Local Mayor :	Hans Blinn
Location of the local community Pfeffelbach in the district of Kusel

Pfeffelbach is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kusel-Altenglan community , within which it is the third largest in terms of area and the fourth largest in terms of population.

geography

location

Pfeffelbach is a small place in the western Palatinate . It is located in the North Palatinate Bergland within the Kuseler Bergland sub-area and is on the border with Saarland . Pfeffelbach also includes the Altmühle, Bremmenmühle, Schwarzbornermühle and Wasserwerk residential areas . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Berschweiler bei Baumholder , Thallichtenberg , Ruthweiler , Kusel , Ehweiler , Albessen , Herchweiler , Freisen and Reichweiler . ,

Surveys

In the Pfeffelbach district is the highest elevation in the Kusel district, the Herzerberg, at 585 meters . There is both a small viewing platform from which you can see as far as Kaiserslautern in good weather , as well as a jump for hang-gliders. In the north in the district triangle to Thallichtenberg and Berschweiler the 578 meter high mountain extends . In the east, directly on the border to Thallichtenberg, the 442.5 meter high Niederberg rises .

Waters

Name-giving for the location which is the same stream , the below Schwarzerden ( Saar ) arises, and after about six kilometers in Kuseler district Diedelkopf in the Kuselbach opens.

history

Until the end of the 18th century the place belonged to the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . Within the Oberamt Lichtenberg it was the eponymous main town of a mayor's shop , to which 19 localities belonged. After the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops (1794), Pfeffelbach belonged to the Saar Department from 1798 to 1814 and was incorporated into the canton of Baumholder during this time . In 1816 Pfeffelbach came to the Principality of Lichtenberg , a newly created exclave of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and from 1826 of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . During this time it was subordinate to the mayor's office in Burglichtenberg . With said duchy, the community fell to Prussia in 1834 , which created the St. Wendel district from this area . After the separation of the main part to the newly created Saar area , the remaining district of Sankt Wendel-Baumholder was created in 1920 , to which the place belonged until 1937, when it was incorporated into the Birkenfeld district.

After the Second World War , Thallichtenberg became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the community was reclassified to the Kusel district on June 7, 1969 . Three years later, the place became part of the newly created Kusel Association , and Pfeffelbach has been part of the Kusel-Altenglan Association since 2018 .

religion

On the evangelical side, Pfeffelbach belongs to the parish of Obere Nahe .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Pfeffelbach consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Up to 2014 the council had 16 council members.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote		12 seats
2014	7th	5	12 seats
2009	9	7th	16 seats
2004	9	7th	16 seats

mayor

From 1945 the KPD member Elias Diehl was mayor of Pfeffelbach. Edmund Müller served as mayor from 1964 to 1979. When he was elected, Müller was a member of the illegal KPD; In 1969 he joined the DKP .

Hans Blinn became the local mayor of Pfeffelbach on September 11, 2019. In the re-election on September 8, 2019, he prevailed with a majority of votes. This vote had become necessary because in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the only applicant did not achieve a sufficient majority.

Blinn's predecessor Frank Aulenbacher (SPD) held the office from 2009 to 2019.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Divided by silver and silver, above a growing, red armored and tongued, blue lion, below a rooted, brown tree with green leaves."

State election 2016

In the 2016 election for the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament , 165 of the 746 eligible voters in the Pfeffelbach community voted for the Alternative for Germany party .

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

There are a total of three objects on site that are listed buildings.

nature

The Steinbruch am Steinberg nature reserve is located within the municipality's boundaries.

Events

Twice a year there is an autocross race in a quarry. The fair is always on the fourth Sunday in September. Furthermore, the rock festival Pfeffelbach Open Air (POA) takes place on the first weekend in July every year.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

There were once several stone quarries in the municipality, which have now been closed. In the village itself there is also a heating engineer, a locksmith, a kitchen studio, a plastering shop, a carpenter's shop, a doctor, several massage practices, as well as foot care and cosmetic studios.

Institutions

In Pfeffelbach there is a kindergarten, a primary school, a bakery and a multi-purpose hall. From 1813, the Metz – Mainz optical telegraph line ran right through the community ; the station itself was located in the south of the district in the middle of a forest area.

traffic

State road 349 runs right through the village . The A 62 runs to the southwest . From 1936 Pfeffelbach owned a train station on the Türkismühle – Kusel railway line . Passenger traffic ended in 1964, freight traffic two years later. In 1971 the line was dismantled. The Thallichtenberg train station was also located in the Pfeffelbach district, as was the west portal of the Niederberg tunnel . In Kusel there is a train station on the Landstuhl – Kusel railway line . The bus route 292 provides a connection to Kusel and Freisen .

tourism

The Fritz-Wunderlich-Weg leads through the community .

Personalities

• Luise von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg (1800–1831), Duchess of Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld, was buried in 1832 in a crypt in the village church of Pfeffelbach
• El Mago Masin (* 1969), musician and cabaret artist, performed at the Pfeffelbach Open Air in 2011

literature

• Literature about Pfeffelbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Pfeffelbach  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Pfeffelbach
• Local community Pfeffelbach on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• History of Pfeffelbach on regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

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 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 158 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ Klaus J. Becker: The KPD in Rhineland-Palatinate 1946-1956. V. Hase & Koehler, Mainz 2001, ISBN 3-7758-1393-4 , pp. 429, 473.
5. ↑ Sabrina Wagner: Hans Blinn is now officially in office as local mayor of Pfeffelbach. Die Rheinpfalz, September 13, 2019, accessed on May 16, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 27th line of results. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Setting the course for the future. Die Rheinpfalz, April 5, 2016, accessed on May 16, 2020 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: State Election 2016 ( Memento from March 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive )