Reichenbach-Steegen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kaiserslautern
Association municipality :	Weilerbach
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.12 km 2
Residents:	1367 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66879
Area code :	06385
License plate :	KL
Community key :	07 3 35 501
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Rummelstrasse 15 ; 67685 Weilerbach
Website :	www.reichenbach-steegen.de
Local Mayor :	Dirk Wagner ( SPD )
Location of the local community Reichenbach-Steegen in the Kaiserslautern district

Reichenbach-Steegen is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Weilerbach .

The current local congregation emerged from 1969 to 1976 from four formerly independent congregations. Since then, these have formed the districts of Reichenbach-Steegen: Reichenbach , Reichenbachsteegen , Albersbach and Fockenberg-Limbach .

Geographical location

Reichenbach-Steegen is located 13 km northwest of Kaiserslautern .

history

The individual districts have their own history. The first documentary mention of Reichenbachsteegen in 1269, and of Albersbach and Fockenberg-Limbach in 1393. Reichenbach can look back on more than 1000 years of history with a first documentary mention from the year 945.

The community was formed on June 7, 1969 from the communities Reichenbach and Reichenbachsteegen. On March 16, 1974, Albersbach was incorporated. Fockenberg-Limbach was added on July 24, 1976.

religion

In 2012, 56.1 percent of the population were Protestant and 27.9 percent Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Reichenbach-Steegen consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	GREEN	LEFT	FWG	UO	total
2019	4th	2	1	2	3	4th	16 seats
2014	7th	2	2	2	3	-	16 seats
2009	9	2	-	-	5	-	16 seats
2004	9	2	-	-	5	-	16 seats

FWG = Free Voting Group Reichenbach-Steegen e. V.
UO = voter group "Unser Ort eV"

mayor

Dirk Wagner (SPD) is the local mayor of Reichenbach-Steegen. In a runoff election on June 16, 2019, he was re-elected with 50.40% of the vote after none of the original three candidates had achieved the necessary majority in the direct election on May 26, 2019.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver over a lowered blue bridge, a red-armored and tongued blue lion between three six-pointed red stars 2: 1." It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1976 .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The public transport in the transport association Rhein-Neckar integrated.
The district Reichenbachsteegen was from 1920 to 1972 the end point of the so-called Bach Railway , which had its starting point in the Lampertsmühle-Otterbach station .

The community is connected to the motorway network by the A 6 (junction: Kaiserslautern-West).

Public facilities

Reichenbach-Steegen has a kindergarten and a primary school.

Sons and daughters of the church

Otto Feick (1890–1959), inventor of the gym wheel

Web links

Commons : Reichenbach-Steegen - Collection of images

Official website of the Reichenbach-Steegen community
Literature about Reichenbach-Steegen in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ 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.
↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Reichenbach-Steegen. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Weilerbach, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).