Ransweiler

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	North Palatinate Country
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.8 km 2
Residents:	241 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67808
Area code :	06361
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 061
Association administration address:	Bezirksamtsstrasse 7 ; 67806 Rockenhausen
Website :	ortsgemeinde-ransweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Jürgen Wieland
Location of the local community Ransweiler in the Donnersbergkreis

Ransweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Nordpfälzer Land association.

geography

The place is located in the North Palatinate Uplands west of the Donnersberg in a beautiful, high location between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach .

The Birkenhof residential area and part of the Neubau hamlet , which also extends to the Bayerfeld-Steckweiler municipal area, belong to Ransweiler .

history

Ransweiler was first mentioned in a document in 1190 and belonged to the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken until the French Revolution. After the French Revolution , the place was incorporated into the French Donnersberg department . As a result of the Congress of Vienna , he was Bavarian from 1816 to 1945 . After the Second World War , Ransweiler was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Ransweiler consists of six council members, who were elected by majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

Local mayor

The local mayor is Hans-Jürgen Wieland. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 58.82% of the vote, and his inauguration took place on August 15, 2019. He is the successor to Karlheinz Sundheimer, who did not run again after 27 years in office.

coat of arms

Blazon : “Divided by black and silver; above a golden growing lion, tongued red and armored in red, below a red paw cross surrounded by a green oak branch with green acorns in green oak bowls. "

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the Winnweiler junction of the A 63 in the southeast. In Rockenhausen there is a train station of the Alsenz Valley Railway .

Sons and daughters of the church

Karl Steitz (1890–1966), politician (CDU)

literature

Literature about Ransweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Ransweiler - collection of images, videos and audio files

Local community Ransweiler on the pages of the association community Rockenhausen

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 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 91 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Ransweiler. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Nordpfälzer Land, Verbandsgemeinde, 22nd line of results. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
^ Michael Stöckl: New local council sworn in. Ransweiler community, June 20, 2019, accessed on August 25, 2019 .

[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 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 91 (PDF; 1.9 MB).