Reifenberg
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Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ' N , 7 ° 31' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Southwest Palatinate | |
Association municipality : | Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben | |
Height : | 350 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 7.73 km 2 | |
Residents: | 801 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 104 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 66507 | |
Area code : | 06375 | |
License plate : | PS , ZW | |
Community key : | 07 3 40 220 | |
Association administration address: | Hauptstrasse 52 66987 Thaleischweiler-Fröschen |
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Local Mayor : | Pirmin Zimmer ( CDU ) | |
Location of the municipality of Reifenberg in the district of Südwestpfalz | ||
Reifenberg is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben community .
geography
Reifenberg is located on the Sickinger Höhe on a ridge north of the Schwarzbachtal . The Pottschütthöhe with an airfield is located 2 km southeast of the village in the Rieschweiler district, the hamlet Stockbornerhof not far from it on the edge of the forest.
history
A castle existed at least since the middle of the 13th century. Reifenberg was first mentioned in 1447 when Duke Stephan von Pfalz-Zweibrücken acquired this and neighboring villages from the Counts of Homburg. From then on, Reifenberg shared the fate of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. It is believed to have originated when the residents of the former villages of Bettingen, Brenwiler and Kellingen moved here.
After the Stockbornerhof was built in 1766, a small settlement developed.
politics
Municipal council
The council in Reifenberg 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. In 2004 and 2009 the council members were elected in a personalized proportional representation.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
choice | SPD | CDU | FWG | total |
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2019 | Majority vote | 12 seats | ||
2014 | Majority vote | 12 seats | ||
2009 | 3 | 8th | 1 | 12 seats |
2004 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 12 seats |
mayor
Pirmin Zimmer (CDU) became the local mayor of Reifenberg on August 1, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 51.79% of the vote. Zimmer's predecessor was Michaela Hüther (CDU), who held the office for 20 years.
coat of arms
The description of the coat of arms reads: "Split from red and black by an ascending, curved tip roughened with silver and blue, on the right a blue armored and -tipped silver lion, on the left a red-armored and -tipped golden lion, both facing each other."
It was awarded in 1964 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior .
The silver lion comes from the coat of arms of the Counts of Homburg. The golden lion and the white and blue diamonds are borrowed from the coat of arms of the Wittelsbach family , the ruling family of Pfalz-Zweibrücken.
Culture and sights
The Aero-Club Pirmasens airfield is located in the Rieschweiler district, south of the Stockbornerhof.
The Stockbornerhof itself with its restaurant is an excursion destination. A hiking trail leads over the Auerbacher Berg towards Zweibrücken with several branches in side valleys.
The war memorial chapel, built in 1925, is often photographed due to its picturesque location on the Häselberg and has graced calendar pages several times.
The village festival in Reifenberg, which took place every year on the second weekend in August until 2014, was very popular; since 2015 this has been replaced by the unofficial, scaled-down summer festival on the same weekend.
The Reifenberger Sportheim is used for social events.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Reifenberg
literature
- Ludwig Härich: Local history of Reifenberg. 1977
- Toni Hüther: Reifenberg - Contributions from past and present. 1995
Web links
- Reifenberg on the website of the Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben association
- Literature about Reifenberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Reifenberg. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
- ↑ Reifenberg: Pirmin Zimmer's deputy must tremble at the election. Die Rheinpfalz, August 2, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Thaleischweiler-Fröschen-Wallhalben, Verbandsgemeinde, 16th line of results. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
- ↑ Summer festival instead of village festival again. The Rheinpfalz , June 29, 2016.