Rinnthal

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Rinnthal
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Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '  N , 7 ° 56'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Southern Wine Route
Association municipality : Annweiler am Trifels
Height : 190 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.81 km 2
Residents: 685 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 50 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 76857
Area code : 06346
License plate : SOUTH
Community key : 07 3 37 067
Association administration address: Messplatz 1
76855 Annweiler am Trifels
Website : www.rinnthal.de
Local Mayor : Torsten Hertel
Location of the local community Rinnthal in the southern Weinstrasse district
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Rinnthal is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Annweiler am Trifels , within which it is the sixth smallest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

The municipality is located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park on the northern edge of the Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called. In the far north-west of the district, the community also has a share in the Frankenweide . Neighboring communities - including exclaves - clockwise are Annweiler am Trifels , Birkweiler , Eusserthal , Annweiler am Trifels, Wernersberg , Spirkelbach and Wilgartswiesen .

Surveys

The 529.7  m high Kehrenkopf rises to the east on the border with Annweiler and Eußerthal, the 437  m high Rindsberg in the southwest on the border with Spirkelbach and the 422.1  m high Göckelberg and 419  m in the west on the border with Wilgartswiesen high on the head . Immediately to the northwest of the settlement area is the Schwerwoogkopf and to the east the 393.8  m high Dingentalkopf .

Waters

The Queich flows through the settlement area in a west-east direction. To the west of this, the Wellbach flows into the Queich, which previously received the Freischbach and Langenbächel . The Kaltenbach - also a tributary of the Wellbach - forms the north-western boundary to a forest enclave of Annweiler and its right tributary Modenbach in turn that to Wilgartswiesen.

history

By the end of the 18th century, the community formed a condominium because it belonged jointly to Zweibrücken and Leiningen .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Rinthal was - as the spelling at the time - incorporated into the canton of Annweiler and was subordinate to Mairie Wilgartswiesen . In 1815 the community had a total of 368 inhabitants. In the same year, Austria was struck. Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 Rinnthal was a member of the Bergzabern Land Commissioner ; from this the district office Bergzabern emerged. In 1849, in the course of the Palatinate uprising, the battle took place near Rinnthal .

From 1939 the place was part of the Bergzabern district . After the Second World War , Rinnthal became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform changed the place on 7 June 1969 in the newly created district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . 1972 Rinnthal was assigned to the also newly formed community of Annweiler am Trifels .

religion

Since the Reformation in the 16th century, Rinnthal, like Wilgartswiesen and Spirkelbach, has been evangelical. In 2007 around 75% of the population were Protestant and 10% Catholic. The remaining 15% belonged to another religion or were non-denominational.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Rinnthal 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. In 2014 the municipal council still consisted of twelve members.

mayor

Torsten Hertel became the mayor of Rinnthal in 1999. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 88.29% of the votes.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Rinnthal
Blazon : "In silver, a stylized, gold-rooted green oak tree with golden acorns."

Culture

Classicist church in Rinnthal

Buildings

The town center forms a monument zone; there are also eight individual monuments . The center of the village is formed by the classicist village church designed by Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller under the influence of Leo von Klenze , which was inaugurated in 1834 after three years of construction.

Villa Steiner, which was built in 1896, is located in the southeast of the settlement area by the course of the Queich. After the renovation in 2003, it is again available for tourism.

nature

Rinnthal is part of the southern Palatinate climbing area . In addition, the Langenfelsen is located northwest of the settlement area . In the east of the district there is also the Ritterstein 184 , which is called the Grimmeisenpfad ; it points to a hiking trail that leads from Annweiler to the Taubensuhl forest house . It was named after Albert Grimmeisen, a co-founder of the Palatinate Forest Association , who had a fatal accident on a climbing tour in 1908.

media

The youth film Hit from 1984 was partly shot in the Rinnthal district.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The wood industry used to play a major role locally. In addition, Rinnthal was temporarily the location of a chair factory.

traffic

rail

In 1875, Rinnthal was connected to the railway when the Landau – Zweibrücken railway was opened in full. The station was built on the eastern edge of the village and has since been dismantled as a stop. At the western edge of the settlement, the route passes the Schwerwoogkopf tunnel .

Cost rock tunnel
Street

In Bavarian times, the state road 151 led from Landau in the Palatinate via Pirmasens and Zweibrücken through the town. After the completion of the bypass of the federal highways 10 and 48 running north of the development in this area , Rinnthal was freed from through traffic in 1997. The tunnels built for this purpose - including the local Kostenfels tunnel - are among the longest in Rhineland-Palatinate. Numerous houses were then renovated and the townscape was greatly enhanced. The B 10 leads west to Pirmasens and east to Landau; the B 48 connects Rinnthal with Bingen am Rhein and Bad Bergzabern . There are plans to expand the bypass to four lanes in this area, but the villagers are resisting. Since then, state road 490 , which leads from Niederschlettenbach to Queichhambach , has run through the town center .

tourism

The Queichtal cycle path and a hiking trail marked with a red dot lead through Rinnthal .

Personalities

  • Moritz von Hirschfeld (1790-1859), Prussian infantry general, took part in the battle near Rinnthal in 1849
  • Martin Schöneich (* 1955), sculptor, designed the gate object in 2003, which acts as a roadway divider on site

Web links

Commons : Rinnthal  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
  3. Gerhard Sommer: On Case II: Which local chiefs in Trifelsland are running again. Die Rheinpfalz, September 14, 2018, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
  4. The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Retrieved on April 17, 2020 (see Annweiler am Trifels, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results).
  5. General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Southern Wine Route district. Mainz 2020, p. 82 f. (PDF; 10 MB).