Ranschbach

This article deals with the municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the stream of the same name, see Ranschbach (Queich) .

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '  N , 8 ° 2'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Landau country
Height :	246 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.19 km 2
Residents:	629 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	529 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76829
Area code :	06345
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 065
Association administration address:	To 44 No. 31 76829 Landau in the Palatinate
Website :	www.ranschbach.de
Local Mayor :	Thorsten Doll
Location of the local community Ranschbach in the district of Südliche Weinstrasse

Ranschbach is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Landau-Land , which has its administrative seat in the city of Landau in the Palatinate and within which it is the fifth smallest local community in terms of population. In terms of area , Ranschbach is one of the smallest communities in Germany.

geography

location

The municipality is located eight kilometers west of Landau in the Palatinate in the Weinstrasse region . The outermost western tip of the district protrudes into the Wasgau . The stream of the same name flows through the settlement area in a west-east direction. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Birkweiler , Landau in der Pfalz, Leinsweiler and Annweiler am Trifels .

climate

Due to its location in the Vorderpfalz, Ranschbach has an average annual temperature of around nine degrees Celsius.

history

A first documentary mention was made in the spelling "Ranspach" in 1299. Ranschbach belonged to the Madenburg rule as early as 1205 and left it until the end of the 18th century. Already in 1225 the place was the place of jurisdiction and belonged to the property of the bishops of Speyer . In the 14th century, the community was part of the treasury of the Counts of Leiningen .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Ransbach - as the place name at that time - was incorporated into the canton of Landau . In 1815 the place had a total of 336 inhabitants. In the same year it was added to Austria . Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the community belonged to the Landau Landau commissioner ; from this the district office of Landau emerged.

From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district in the Palatinate . After the Second World War , Ranschbach became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform changed the place on 7 June 1969 in the newly created district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . 1972 Ranschbach was assigned to the also newly formed community of Landau-Land .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Ranschbach 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.

mayor

Thorsten Doll became the local mayor of Ranschbach in 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 87.39% of the vote. His predecessor Hubert Scherthan did not take office again after 25 years in office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In green, a silver oblique wave bar, with a six-pointed silver star at the top and a silver lily at the bottom."

Culture and sights

Catholic Parish and Pilgrimage Church of All Saints

Cultural monuments

There are a total of four objects on site that are listed .

Pilgrimage Church of All Saints

The Kaltenbrunn source is located at the foot of the Neukasteler Berg, a little west of the town . A spring shrine is said to have existed here already in pre-Christian times. In the Middle Ages there was a Marian pilgrimage site here, for the maintenance and organization of which a chaplain was hired in 1662. In 1973 the excavation of the foundations of the old pilgrimage church began. In the 1980s, the source gained national fame and because of the influx of visitors it was closed. The source is now accessible again.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Ranschbach is a wine-growing village and as such part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . The Seligmacher single vineyard is located on site .

traffic

The state road 508 runs through Ranschbach , which in this area is identical to the German Wine Road . The town itself is connected to the local transport network via the bus lines 520 and 530 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association. The community is also located on the German Wine Route cycle route .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Peter Morio (1887–1960), agronomist and grapevine grower
• Walter Morio (1920–2008), politician (CDU)

People who worked on site

• Emich IV. (~ 1215 – before 1279), Count of Leiningen, was the owner of the community
• Hans-Dieter Scherthan (1943–2018), politician (CDU), was local mayor from 1974
• Tina Kiefer (born February 26, 1981), 2003/2004 Palatinate Wine Queen

Web links

Commons : Ranschbach  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Ranschbach
• Literature about Ranschbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ History of Ranschbach
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Landau-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, 13th line of results. Retrieved April 11, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Farewell to longtime mayor. Hubert Scherthan. Verbandsgemeinde Landau-Land, January 14, 2020, accessed on April 10, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Our Lady of the Kaltenbrunn. Pilgrimage. Catholic rectory in Klingenmünster, accessed on April 11, 2020 .