Ruppertsweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Pirmasens land
Height :	306 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.78 km 2
Residents:	1503 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	314 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66957
Area code :	06395
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 040
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 19 66953 Pirmasens
Website :	www.ruppertsweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Guido Hahn ( FWG )
Location of the local community Ruppertsweiler in the district of Südwestpfalz

Ruppertsweiler is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Pirmasens Land Association .

geography

location

Ruppertsweiler is located in the southwest of the Palatinate Forest in Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called. 66.1% of the district area is forested. The next larger city is Pirmasens to the west . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Münchweiler an der Rodalb , Hinterweidenthal and Lemberg .

Elevations and waters

The 434 meter high Schnepfenberg and the 333 meter high Langeck rise to the east of the district .

The Rodalb grazes the southeastern edge of the settlement area and partially forms the border with Lemberg. In the east, the Salzbach forms the boundary with Hinterweidenthal.

history

Middle Ages and early modern times

The village of Ruppertsweiler was located in the Lemberg office of the County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and there in the Lemberg official school .

Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) died in 1570 as the last male member of his family. The Lemberg office was inherited by his daughter, Ludovica Margaretha von Zweibrücken-Bitsch , who was married to the (heir) Count Philipp (V) von Hanau-Lichtenberg . Her father-in-law, Count Philipp IV. Von Hanau-Lichtenberg , gave the strict Roman Catholic Duke Karl III by immediately introducing the Lutheran creed . of Lorraine, the opportunity to intervene militarily, as the latter had suzerainty over the Bitsch rule, which was also part of the inheritance . In July 1572 Lorraine troops occupied the county. Since Philip IV was unable to cope with the overwhelming power of Lorraine, he chose the legal route. In the subsequent process before the Imperial Court of Justice, Lorraine was able to prevail with regard to the Bitsch rule, while the Lemberg office - and thus also Ruppertsweiler - was awarded to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg .

1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau family. Due to the marriage of his only daughter, Charlotte (* 1700; † 1726), with the Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) (* 1691; † 1768) of Hesse-Darmstadt , the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg fell there. In the course of the French Revolution , the part of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg on the left bank of the Rhine - and with it the office of Lemberg and Ruppertsweiler - fell to France in 1794.

Younger story

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , the place was incorporated into the Canton of Pirmasens and was subordinate to the Mairie Pirmasens . In 1815 the community had a total of 150 inhabitants. After the end of Napoleonic rule, the place was initially added to Austria in the same year . Just a year later, Ruppertsweiler came to the Bavarian Rhine District .

From 1818 to 1862 the place belonged to the Landkommissariat Pirmasens ; from this the district office of Pirmasens emerged. In 1939 Ruppertsweiler was incorporated into the district of Pirmasens (from 1997 district of Südwestpfalz ) . After the Second World War , the municipality within the French occupation zone became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the municipality was assigned to the newly created association municipality Pirmasens-Land in 1972 .

religion

In 1202 Ruppertsweiler formed a branch of the Pirmasens parish.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Ruppertsweiler consists of 16 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	FWG	total
2019	3	3	10	16 seats
2014	4th	3	9	16 seats
2009	4th	3	9	16 seats
2004	5	5	6th	16 seats

mayor

Guido Hahn (FWG) became the local mayor of Ruppertsweiler on June 24, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 81.43% of the vote. Hahn's predecessor Hans Föller (FWG), who had held the office for ten years, did not take up office again. Instead, he was elected First Alderman of the community in place of Hahn.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Split by green and gold, on the right a silver horn with a red and gold tassel, on the left three red rafters."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The rafters come from the coat of arms of Hanau- Lichtenberg.

The flag is white-green.

Culture

Cultural monuments

There are a total of four objects on site that are listed as historical monuments .

Customs

The Whitsun quack is practiced on site, which is a regional variant of the Whitsun singing.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Ruppertsweiler can be reached via subordinate roads. The county road 36 connects the community with Münchweiler and Lviv. From this the county road 92 branches off towards Hinterweidenthal. The B 10 passes to the northeast . It also provides a connection to the A 62 in the west.

military

After the Second World War, the place became part of the so-called Pirmasens Military Community . The NATO command bunker "Arius RUF 1" , which served as an alternative seat to the NATO headquarters AIRNORTH , as well as the Ruppertsweiler Warehouse 7608 and the Ruppertsweiler Ammo Area 65 , all of which were abandoned in 1992, were located in the municipality . Until then, there was also an American Forces Network soldier station on site .

Personalities

• Helmut Adamzyk (1926–1996), politician (CDU, SPD), was at times an elementary school teacher in Ruppertsweiler

literature

• Official directory and statistics of the royal Bavarian administrative district of the Palatinate . Speyer 1870.
• Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
• Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480–1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.

Web links

Commons : Ruppertsweiler  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the community of Ruppertsweiler
• Literature about Ruppertsweiler 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. ↑ Knöpp, p. 10; Matt, p. 9.
3. ↑ Directory of officials .
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ Michael Elig: Exchange at the top of the community. Handover. Die Rheinpfalz, June 26, 2019, accessed on April 6, 2020 . 
6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Pirmasens-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .