Rathskirchen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	North Palatinate Country
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.12 km 2
Residents:	172 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67744
Area code :	06364
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 201
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Bezirksamtsstrasse 7 ; 67806 Rockenhausen
Website :	www.rockenhausen.de
Local Mayor :	Oskar Stark
Location of the local community Rathskirchen in the Donnersbergkreis

Rathskirchen is a local community on the western edge of the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Nordpfälzer Land association.

geography

The place is on the Hahnenbach in the North Palatinate Uplands west of the Donnersberg between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach .

The municipality includes the two districts of Rathskirchen and Rudolphskirchen , and the district of Rathskirchen also includes the Bösodenbacherhof residential area .

history

After the French Revolution , the place was incorporated into the French Donnersberg department . However, as a result of the Congress of Vienna , he became Bavarian from 1816 to 1945 . After the Second World War , Rathskirchen was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946. Today's community was formed on June 7, 1969 from the dissolved communities Rathskirchen (then 178 inhabitants) and Rudolphskirchen (80).

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In green a silver goblet filled with blue, at the top right in the field sprinkled with golden shingles a silver fallen anchor, on the left a silver church, below a six-spoke silver wheel."

Economy and Infrastructure

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

literature

Literature on Rathskirchen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Rathskirchen - Collection of Images

Local community Rathskirchen on the website of the Rockenhausen Association

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).

↑ 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. 193 (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.
↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Rathskirchen. Retrieved 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).