Becherbach (Palatinate)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Nahe-Glan
Height :	337 m above sea level NHN
Area :	10.86 km 2
Residents:	829 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67827
Primaries :	06364 (Roth: 06753)
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 011
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Obertor 13 55590 Meisenheim, Germany
Website :	www.meisenheim.de
Local Mayor :	Manfred Denzer ( SPD )
Location of the local community Becherbach in the Bad Kreuznach district

Becherbach is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Nahe-Glan .

geography

Becherbach is located in the Palatinate south of Meisenheim .

Districts are the villages of Becherbach (approx. 550 inhabitants), Gangloff (approx. 275 inhabitants) and Roth (approx. 275 inhabitants). The Kirnbuscherhof, Römerhof and Rothenbaumerhof residential areas also belong to the Becherbach district .

history

Neolithic finds were made in Gangloff and Roth. The Roman connection road Bad Kreuznach - Otterberg led over the Rossberg near Becherbach and Gangloff. A junction leading to Odenbach passed between Becherbach and Roth, the path that runs in this area is still called "Römerstraße" today. On the summit of the Rossberg two cuboid stones, which were dedicated to Mercurius and his mother Maia , as well as two Roman coins and bricks with stamps were found. These finds are all lost. A Roman gravestone was found in the village church, and a stone of the four gods in the Gangloff cemetery . No Roman finds were made in Roth.

The whole of today's local community was under the rule of the Counts of Veldenz , after their extinction the Wittelsbachers ( Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken or Kingdom of Bavaria ).

For a long time, Becherbach lay on the border of two states: Meisenheim , which previously (as it is today again) had been the administrative headquarters of Becherbach, belonged to Prussia between the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the reorganization of Germany into states in 1946 and Hesse-Homburg before 1866 . The border was only about 7–9 km away from the villages that are now part of the local community.

The local NSDAP group in Becherbach was founded in October 1927 by Emil Gauer . The election results of the NSDAP between 1928 and 1933 were above the average for the Reich . The anti-Semitic newspaper “ Der Stürmer ” wrote in April 1936 that the population of Odenbach, Becherbach and the surrounding area was still “heavily nailed up and at home behind the moon” on the “ Jewish question ”. The occasion was the funeral of a Jewish woman from Odenbach, who had been visited by various (named) residents of the places mentioned.

In 1954, Becherbach got the first water pipe, which was the first step in the “modernization” of the small village.

Today's local community Becherbach was created on June 7, 1969 through the formation of the previously independent communities Becherbach / Pfalz (532 inhabitants), Gangloff (270) and Roth (274). At the same time, the company was spun off from the Kusel district in the Palatinate and reassigned to the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhine-Hesse .

On January 22, 2011, the entire population of Becherbach (excluding Gangloff and Roth) had to be evacuated because large quantities of explosives were found in a barn next to machine guns and hand grenades. According to a police spokesman, it was "probably" the largest amount of explosives that has ever been found in a private individual nationwide. After the evacuation, experts successfully detonated the explosives using a remote-controlled robot, among other things.

Mining

Under Duke Wolfgang von Pfalz-Zweibrücken , the so-called “Odenbacher Flöz” ( hard coal ) was discovered in 1546 , which was mined in Reiffelbach , among other places . In today's municipality of Becherbach, this raw material was only extracted in the villages of Gangloff and Roth. The mine in Roth was connected to the Odenbach mine by a passage, one near Roth in the (Hollerbach) was connected to the Reiffelbach mine. However, there were no connecting corridors between the villages of today's local community of Becherbach. In the district of Becherbach, a pure lime mine was operated on the southern slopes in the direction of Reipoltskirchen in 1799 .

Religions

Church in the district of Becherbach

The inhabitants are predominantly Protestant.

Becherbach has been part of the Odenbach parish since 1975, which in turn - as one of the northernmost parishes - is assigned to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Becherbach 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.

mayor

Mayor: Wolfgang Paulus, (SPD; 1991–2009); Manfred Denzer (SPD; from 2009).

Manfred Denzer was re-elected as local mayor by the local council on June 24, 2019, after no candidate had run in the local elections on May 26, 2019.

Others

• The name "Becherbach" probably comes from the pitch burners ( Middle High German and Palatinate Becher, plural Becherer ) who used to work there. The name "Gangloff" comes from St. Gangolf ; the name “Roth” , which is quite common in Germany , indicates clearing.
• The coat of arms of Becherbach was created in 1952 from a symbol for the namesake Becherbach, the Pecher, the pitch basket and the colors of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , red and gold. An unofficial coat of arms of Roth consists of a tree standing on a mountain as well as two crossed mining hammers on the left and a ploughshare on the right, while Gangloff in the coat of arms of the local bagpiper association “St. Gangolf Pipes & Drums ”is symbolized by a picture of St. Gangolf, a horse for the Rossberg located between Becherbach and Gangloff and a holy well.
• The only larger non-church festival in Becherbach is the "curb" , which is celebrated from Friday to Monday - with a parade on Sunday - on the first weekend in September. The other districts also have their own curb at around the same time.
• Becherbach often with the also in the district of Bad Kreuznach lying cup bei Kirn confused.
• Gangloff has its own football club that is also active in youth work.

literature

• Walter Schitter, "Becherbach, Gangloff and Roth: Chronicle of three villages", published by the municipality of Becherbach in 1992

Sons and daughters of the place

• Emil Gauer (1905–1991), politician (NSDAP)
• Erich Müller-Gangloff (1907–1980) was a Protestant academy director and author

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Becherbach

Web links

Commons : Becherbach  - Collection of Images

• Information from the Meisenheim zu Becherbach community
• Literature about Becherbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 15 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 162, 170 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
4. ↑ "Powder Kurt" goes crazy. In: Süddeutsche.de. January 23, 2011, accessed July 31, 2018 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Becherbach. Retrieved September 28, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Meisenheim, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved September 28, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Citizens' newspaper Meisenheim, official announcements: Report on the constituent meeting of the Becherbach municipal council on June 24, 2019. p. 4, edition 27/2019. July 4, 2019, accessed September 28, 2019 .