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Coat of arms of the local community Rosenkopf
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Map of Germany, position of the local community Rosenkopf highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '  N , 7 ° 26'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality : Zweibrücken-Land
Height : 375 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.47 km 2
Residents: 354 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 143 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 66894
Area code : 06372
License plate : PS , ZW
Community key : 07 3 40 223
Association administration address: Landauer Strasse 18-20
66482 Zweibrücken
Website : www.vgzwland.de
Local Mayor : Christian Plagemann
Location of the local community Rosenkopf in the district of Südwestpfalz
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Memorial to the fallen of both world wars

Rosenkopf is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Zweibrücken-Land .

geography

Rosenkopf is located in the west of the district, near the border with Saarland. West is Bechhofen , north Lambsborn , southeast Wiesbachhorn and southwest Käshofen .

history

Rosenkopf came in 1589 in exchange from the Sickingen rule of Landstuhl to Pfalz-Zweibrücken . At the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the Oberamt Homburg. 1920, moved from the district office Homburg for district office two bridges .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Christian Plagemann became mayor of Rosenkopf on July 15, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 83.26% of the vote. He succeeds his father Jürgen Plagemann, who did not run again after 20 years in office.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In black on a green three-hill, a silver pole, topped with three red rose petals with golden clusters and green sepals, on the right by a golden, red-tongued and armored lion, left-turned, on the left by five silver bulbs 2: 1: 2. "

It was awarded in 1982 by the Rheinhessen-Pfalz district government .

Economy and Infrastructure

The state road 465 leads through Rosenkopf. There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the nearby Waldmohr and Bruchmühlbach-Miesau driveways of the A 6 .

Rosenkopf is part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association . The line 232 of the bus company Regionalbus Saar-Westpfalz connects Rosenkopf on weekdays with the nearest train station, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau on the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway line , as well as with Zweibrücken central station on the Landau – Rohrbach railway line and Homburg (Saar) central station in Saarland.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 2010, July 10: Kurt Rücker, crane builder. Kurt Rücker, born on August 5, 1940 in Rosenkopf, was honored for his great commitment and financial support for the infrastructure of his place of birth.

Sons and daughters of the church

See also

Web links

Commons : Rosenkopf  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal. bayer. Rheinkreises , Volume 4, F. C. Neidhard, 1837, p. 170 ( Google Books )
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ Rosenkopf: Council elects new councilors. Die Rheinpfalz, July 12, 2019, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Zweibrücken-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, 15th line of results. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Zweibrücken: Candidates for mayor cause surprises. Die Rheinpfalz, April 8, 2019, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ An eventful and often dangerous life. In: Palatine Merkur. August 4, 2020, accessed August 6, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Kurt Rücker turns 80: It's all about doing. In: The Rhine Palatinate . August 5, 2020, accessed August 6, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Kurt Rücker is the first honorary citizen. In: Palatine Merkur. July 11, 2010, accessed December 18, 2018 .