Rechtenbach (Schweigen-Rechtenbach)

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Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 20 ″  N , 7 ° 57 ′ 43 ″  E
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	624  (Jun 30, 2007)
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	76889
Area code :	06342
Location of Rechtenbach in Rhineland-Palatinate

With around 620 inhabitants, Rechtenbach is the smaller district of the municipality of Schweigen-Rechtenbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Südliche Weinstrasse .

location

Rechtenbach is located in the northern municipality and is almost completely surrounded by vineyards from the Weinstrasse region . In the eastern part of the district on the border to Schweighofen is the 206 meter high Wacholderberg . The Upper Mundat Forest , as the extreme southeast of the Palatinate Forest is called, extends northwest . In this area are the 312 meter high Wachtberg and the 402 meter high Steinbühl . The southeast flank of the 503 meter high Schloßberg of Guttenberg Castle is also located in the Rechtenbach district. Structurally, it has grown together with the district of Schweigen. To Rechtenbach belong, among others, the Friedhofstraße , the Kirchstraße , the Schulstraße and the Talstraße . The Russbach , an orographically left tributary of the Lauter, runs through the middle of the settlement area in an east-west direction . The Otterbach grazes the northern edge of the district. The area immediately north of the development also forms the Haardtrand - Am Wachtberg nature reserve .

history

In the Middle Ages the place belonged to the lands of the Weißenburg monastery . From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Rechtenbach was incorporated into the canton of Bergzabern . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, the place changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Bergzabern , which was then converted into a district office.

In 1928 Rechtenbach had 733 residents who lived in 173 residential buildings. The Catholics belonged to the parish of Bergzabern , the Protestants to that of Schweigen-Rechtenbach . In 1939 the place was incorporated into the Bergzabern district. After the Second World War , Rechtenbach became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform, the place was merged on June 7, 1969 with the neighboring community of Schweigen to form the community of Schweigen-Rechtenbach. At the same time, the new community moved to the newly created Landau-Bad Bergzabern district , which was renamed the Südliche Weinstrasse district in 1978 .

Infrastructure

Rechtenbach is a winegrowing place . When Kapsweyer station was opened on the Palatinate Maximiliansbahn , which had existed since 1855, in the mid-1870s , it was also responsible for Rechtenbach in terms of freight traffic. The German Wine Route , which in this area is identical to Bundesstrasse 38 , touches the south-eastern edge of the settlement. The place is connected to the local transport network via bus line 543, which connects the two train stations in Bad Bergzabern and Wissembourg . There are a total of eight objects on site that are listed . In the past there was also a school in town.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Maria Salomea Schweppenhäuser (1755–1833), lady-in-waiting

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of localities for the Free State of Bavaria. In: daten.digitale-sammlungen.de. Retrieved February 5, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 178 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
3. ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Southern Wine Route district. Mainz 2020, p. 89 (PDF; 10 MB).