Rittersheim

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	Kirchheimbolanden
Height :	228 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.95 km 2
Residents:	174 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67294
Area code :	06352
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 062
Association administration address:	Neue Allee 2 ; 67292 Kirchheimbolanden
Website :	www.kirchheimbolanden.de
Local Mayor :	Marc-Guido Ebert
Location of the local community Rittersheim in the Donnersbergkreis

Rittersheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirchheimbolanden community .

geography

The place is east of Kirchheimbolanden in the valley of the Leiselsbach . The Josefsmühle (Zeppenmühle) and Steuerwaldsmühle residential areas also belong to Rittersheim .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 900. During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor is Marc-Guido Ebert. In the local election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 66.95% of the vote, succeeding Günther Ullrich, who had not run for office after 15 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "St. Maximin growing in blue in a golden robe, with a golden miter, in the left a growing golden crook, the right raised to the oath, accompanied at the top by the Gothic silver lowercase letters s and m."
	Foundation for the coat of arms: It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1971 and goes back to a seal from 1616. Maximin , for which the letters s and m also stand for sanctus Maximinus , refers to the Trier Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin , the large property in Rittersheim would have.

Economy and Infrastructure

The L 386 and the L 447 cross in the village. To the west there is a direct connection to the A 63 ( Kaiserslautern - Mainz ). In Kirchheimbolanden there is a train station of the Donnersbergbahn .

literature

Literature about Rittersheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Rittersheim - Collection of Images

Local community Rittersheim on the website of the association community Kirchheimbolanden

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).

^ The regional returning officer RLP: City council election 2019 Rittersheim. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchheimbolanden, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate line of results. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
^ Die Rheinpfalz: Rittersheim: Municipal council has been constituted. July 29, 2019, accessed August 31, 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).