Rodenbach (West Palatinate)

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Coat of arms of the local community Rodenbach
Rodenbach (West Palatinate)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 39'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Kaiserslautern
Association municipality : Weilerbach
Height : 221 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.74 km 2
Residents: 3195 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 233 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67688
Area code : 06374
License plate : KL
Community key : 07 3 35 040
Association administration address: Rummelstrasse 15
67685 Weilerbach
Website : www.weilerbach.de
Local Mayor : Ralf Schwarm ( SPD )
Location of the local community of Rodenbach in the Kaiserslautern district
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Rodenbach is a municipality in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Weilerbach , within which it is the second largest local community in terms of population.

geography

location

Rodenbach is nine kilometers northwest of Kaiserslautern . Within the municipality marker, the Landstuhler Bruch merges into the North Palatinate Bergland . Rodenbach also includes the living spaces Am Tränkwald, Berghof, Forsthaus Rodenbach, Mückenhof and Wasserhaus. The Reichswald extends south of the settlement area . The Mooslauter also flows through the center of the community and takes in the Rodenbach from the right .

Neighboring towns are Weilerbach , Kaiserslautern-Siegelbach , Mackenbach and Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof .

  • The “Prince's Grave” in the Rodenbach district

climate

There is a moderate climate in Rodenbach.

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history

Local history

Until the end of the 18th century, Rodenbach belonged to the Palatinate court of Weilerbach . A road ran through the village from Lautern to Kusel , which is why there was an Electoral Palatinate customs post here . In 1787, two school buildings and 45 residential buildings were recorded. The district Rodenbach included 924  acre arable land, 184 acres of meadows, seven acres of gardens and 100 acres of forest.

In 1794, French revolutionary troops had taken the left bank of the Rhine . From 1798 to 1814, the region, including Rodenbach, belonged to the canton of Kaiserslautern in the Donnersberg department and was subordinate to Mairie Weilerbach . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna and a Bavarian-Austrian state treaty , the Palatinate became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 . The municipality of Rodenbach in the canton of Kaiserslautern, which was part of the Kaiserslautern Land Commissioner (renamed the Kaiserslautern District Office in 1862 ) in the Palatinate (Bavaria) , remained under the Bavarian administration .

From 1939 the place was part of the district of Kaiserslautern . After the Second World War , Otterbach became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the community became part of the newly formed community of Weilerbach in 1972 .

Place name

The name Rodenbach has to do with the unusual red color of the stream of the same name. When it rains, the Rodenbach turns red due to the high proportion of clay in the ground, which is why the place was initially called Rotenbach, later Rodenbach.

Population development

In 1787 there were 52 families and 240 residents in the village. In 1802 Rodenbach had 254 inhabitants: 79  Catholics , 132 Reformed , 31 Lutherans and 12 Mennonites . In 1815 the population was 322. In 1837 Rodenbach already had 612 inhabitants, 185 of them were Catholics, 419  Protestants and eight Mennonites. In the Bavarian local register from 1928, the rural community of Rodenbach, now part of the Bavarian administrative district Palatinate , is described as follows: A total of 1385 inhabitants (357 Catholics, 1,024 Protestants and four others), 199 residential buildings and an area of ​​1348 hectares; there was a railway station, a post office, a Catholic and a Protestant school and a children's institution . In addition to the village of Rodenbach, two other localities belonged to the municipality: the Mückenhof (13 residents, two houses) and the Rodenbacher Forsthaus (three residents).

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Rodenbach consists of 20 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FDP FWG WineROD total
2019 9 5 1 5 - 20 seats
2014 11 3 - 5 1 20 seats
2009 9 4th - 5 2 20 seats
2004 8th 4th - 5 3 20 seats
  • FWG = Free Voter Group Rodenbach e. V.
  • WeinRod = Voting Group WeinRod e. V. Rodenbach

mayor

Local mayor of Rodenbach is Ralf Schwarm (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 74.53% of the vote.

coat of arms

Rodenbach coat of arms
 Blazon : "In blue over a silver wave bar, a fallen silver ploughshare ."
Justification of the coat of arms: The wave bar represents the stream of the same name, the ploughshare stands for the agricultural clearing in the village.

Culture

Listed bell tower, built in 1911

Cultural monuments

On site are five objects under monument protection .

nature

There are four natural monuments within the municipal area . In addition, the nature reserves Rodenbacher Bruch and Krausenbruch are partly in the district of Rodenbach.

sport and freetime

Rodenbach there is a known forest swimming pool , a miniature golf course , a Nordic walking -Parcours, three soccer fields (one of them - with basketball court - in the center) and the three places - one of them as mini-pitch - the SV Rodenbach, two equestrian centers, two gyms , a dog training area, several table tennis tables and a beach volleyball court . The local trumpet choir is a member of the Gnadauer Trumpet Covenant .

archeology

1874 in Rodenbach on "Fuchshübel" a Celtic grave mound found that is dated to the year 400 BC; After its discovery, it was considered the most important find from the Latène period north of the Alps . The valuable grave goods indicate that the buried person must have been an important man. It is therefore known as the “Prince's Grave of Rodenbach”. In addition, there was a 15th-century heath court within the parish.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In the industrial park on Tränkwald many companies have their headquarters.

traffic

The now rebuilt, privately owned reception building of Rodenbach train station

Street

The public transport in the transport association Rhein-Neckar integrated (VRN). In Rodenbach there are the bus stops Aral, junction of the train station, town center, Hünengrab, swimming pool and Weilerbach woods.

State road 367 runs through the north of the district in an east-west direction . The community is connected to the motorway network by the A 6 ; the closest junction, Kaiserslautern-West , is partly on the Rodenbach district.

rail

From 1914 to 1972 Rodenbach was connected to the rail network via the so-called Bachbahn , which ran from the Lampertsmühle-Otterbach station to Weilerbach and from 1920 to Reichenbach. The station was within the eastern settlement area. It had a reception building and a 155 meter long ramp. The length of the platform was 180 meters. Not far from the platform and the ramp was a 213-meter-long loading track. Not far from the platform was another 87 meter long loading siding. Until recently, the local tire trade had been the station's freight customer.

education

The place has the Rodenbach elementary school . There is also a library and media center .

tourism

The local community also has the Rodenbach sculpture trail . In addition, the Barbarossa cycle path and a hiking path marked with a blue cross run through Rodenbach.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

People who worked on site

  • Hans-Peter Briegel (* 1955), soccer player and coach, European champion 1980, grew up in Rodenbach.
  • Rose Götte (* 1938), educationalist and politician (SPD), has been the holder of the Freiherr vom Stein plaque since 2013
  • Ludwig Grub (1930–2007), graphic artist, painter and sculptor, lived in Rodenbach for many years.
  • Sascha Hildmann (* 1972), soccer player and coach, played for SV Rodenbach from 2006 to 2011.

literature

  • Anette Lenzing: Court linden trees and thing places in Germany. Langewiesche publishing house, ISBN 3-7845-4520-3 .
  • Gerold Scheuermann : Rodenbach. The story of a village. Local community Rodenbach, Rodenbach 1978
  • Gerold Scheuermann: Rodenbach. A picture story of our village - how it used to be and how it is. 1300-2000. (Ed .: Rodenbach local community on the occasion of the 700th anniversary; collected and designed by Gerold Scheuermann), Rodenbach local community, Rodenbach / Weilerbach 2000

Web links

Commons : Rodenbach  - Collection of Images
 Wikinews: Rodenbach  - in the news

Individual evidence

  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. 96 (PDF; 1.9 MB).
  3. ↑ a b c Michael Frey : Attempt of a geographical-historical-statistical description of the able. bayer. Rheinkreises , Volume 3, Neidhard, 1837, p. 74 ( Google Books. )
  4. ^ Johann Goswin Widder : Attempt of a complete geographical-historical description of the Kurfürstl. Pfalz am Rheine , Volume 4, Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1788, p. 287 ( Google Books. )
  5. ^ Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria , based on the census of June 16, 1926 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928, column 741 ( Digitale-sammlungen.de. )
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Rodenbach. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections.
  8. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. See Weilerbach, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Hans-Joachim Emich, Rolf Becker: The railways to Glan and Lauter . 1996, p. 97 .
  10. ^ Fritz Engbarth: 125 years of railways in Lautertal - Festschrift for the anniversary weekend from September 20 to 21, 2008 . 2008, p. 19 .