Saalstadt

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '  N , 7 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.3 km 2
Residents:	319 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	60 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66919
Area code :	06375
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 041
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 52 66987 Thaleischweiler-Fröschen
Website :	www.saalstadt.de
Local Mayor :	Gerd Kiefer
Location of the local community Saalstadt in the district of Südwestpfalz

Saalstadt is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben community .

geography

Saalstadt lies on the Sickinger Höhe . To the west is Wallhalben , in the north Hettenhausen (Pfalz) and to the east lies the Wesel Berger district Harsberg. The Erlenmühle residential area also belongs to Saalstadt .

history

The place was first mentioned on August 10, 1411 as Salstat . He belonged to the rule of Leiningen-Dagsburg for a long time . At the end of the 18th century, Saalstadt became part of the French Donnersberg department and belonged to the canton of Waldfischbach . From 1816 the community, like the entire Palatinate, belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria and was assigned to the Pirmasens Land Commissioner (since 1862 district office, since 1938 district ) in the Rhine district . In 1828 the village with the Erlenmühle had a total of 260 inhabitants, of which 247 were Protestants, 9 Catholics and 4 Jews. In 1882, with 383 inhabitants, Saalstadt had historically reached the highest population figure to date. After the Second World War , the place came to the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1972, Saalstadt handed over responsibilities to the newly created community of Wallhalben and the local elementary school was closed.

Population development

The development of the population of Saalstadt; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 260 1835 258 1871 342 1905 345 1939 336 1950 382 1961 369

year Residents 1970 352 1987 327 1997 379 2005 367 2011 312 2017 322

religion

At the end of 2014, 54.1 percent of the population were Protestant and 30.6 percent Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Gerd Kiefer became mayor of Saalstadt on June 26, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 82.76% of the vote. Kiefer's predecessor was Horst Höh (SPD), who held the office for eleven years.

coat of arms

	Coat of arms until 2011
	Blazon : "Split by silver and red, on the right a green branch, on the left a silver eagle." It was approved by the Neustadt district government on April 2, 1970 .
	Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms is supposed to combine the name interpretation in the form of a willow branch with a symbol for the former rule. Salstadt belonged to the Leiningen family in the Old Kingdom, but instead of the silver Leininger eagle in blue, that of the Lords of Dahn was awarded.

	Coat of arms from 2011
	The Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior, Sports and Infrastructure approved a new coat of arms in February 2011. The new coat of arms now contains a green oak branch on a silver background instead of the green branch of a willow tree . The reason for the change of the coat of arms were new research results, which refute the previously assumed origin of the name Saalstadt from the local occurrence of the Salweide. In addition, the tincture of the eagle was changed. If it is still shown in silver on a red background in the old coat of arms, the new coat of arms shows it in silver on a blue background. The reason for the change was the reference to the former affiliation of Saalstadt to the rule of the Counts of Leiningen and their coat of arms.

Economy and Infrastructure

The state road 473 runs through Saalstadt. There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the nearby Weselberg driveway of the A 62 .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Karl Heintz (1897–1978), saved comrades buried in the First World War and received the Bavarian Medal of Bravery, the highest war medal for non-officers.
• Anita Schäfer (* 1951), politician (CDU)

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Saalstadt

Web links

Commons : Saalstadt  - collection of images

• Official website of the local community of Saalstadt
• Local community Saalstadt on the website of the Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben community community
• Literature about Saalstadt 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. 110 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ Geographical-statistical handbook von Rheinbaiern, Zweibrücken, 1828, p. 138 ( Google Books ).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data .
5. ↑ Municipal statistics KommWis, as of December 31, 2014 .
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections .
7. ↑ New tip: Kiefer und Bauer. Die Rheinpfalz, June 28, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2020 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Thaleischweiler-Fröschen-Wallhalben, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved March 28, 2020 . 
9. ↑ A successful balancing act. Die Rheinpfalz, January 22, 2016, accessed on March 28, 2020 . 
10. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
11. ↑ www.saalstadt.de ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .