Schindhard

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality :	Dahn rock country
Height :	214 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.36 km 2
Residents:	528 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	121 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66996
Area code :	06391
License plate :	PS , ZW
Community key :	07 3 40 043
Association administration address:	Schulstrasse 29 66994 Dahn
Website :	www.dahner-felsenland.net
Local Mayor :	Tobias Herberg (Schindhard has a future)
Location of the local community Schindhard in the district of Südwestpfalz

Townscape

Schindhard is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz ( Rhineland-Palatinate ). It belongs to the Dahner Felsenland community , which has its administrative seat in the city of Dahn and within which it is the third smallest local community in terms of area.

geography

location

Schindhard is located in Wasgau , which in turn encompasses the southern Palatinate Forest and the northern Vosges , in the Dahn-Annweiler Felsenland subunit and within it in the Dahner Felsenland . To the east of Schindhard it is called Bärenbrunner Tal . Schindhard also owns the Sandbühlerhof residential area and the Wasgauschäferei street near the neighboring town of Busenberg . Neighboring communities are - clockwise from the north -  Erfweiler , Busenberg, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach and the city of Dahn.

Surveys

The 399  m high Kahlenberg rises in the north of the municipality on the border with Erfweiler . The 356  m high Dickenberg extends to the south of the district and the 356  m high Eichelberg extends to the southeast on the border with Busenberg . Immediately northeast of the settlement area is also the 315  m high Mülleräckerberg .

Waters

Schindhard is located in a narrow left side valley of the Lauter , which is called Wieslauter here on the upper reaches . In the west, the latter largely forms the boundary to Dahn, which is continued in a northerly direction by the Langenbach , which flows into it from the left . The 3 km long Kuhbach , also a left tributary of the Wieslauter, flows through the Schindhard settlement area from east to west . In the south, the Geiersteinbach forms the border with Bruchweiler-Bärenbach.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1445 as "Schinthartt". The two parts of the name refer to " flay " in the sense of "torment to death, execute" and " Hartt " for "forest" or "mountain"; this could indicate a place of execution that was near the settlement in the forest or on the mountain.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Schindhard was incorporated into the canton of Dahn . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, the community moved to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 the place was part of the Landkommissariat Pirmasens , which was converted into a district office in 1862.

In 1939 Schindhard was incorporated into the Pirmasens district (from 1997 Südwestpfalz district ) . During the Second World War , the place was in the area of ​​the Red Zone. After the 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 Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place became part of the new community of Dahner Felsenland .

population

Population development

Development of the population of Schindhard, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	199
1835	271
1871	256
1905	240
1939	379

year	Residents
1950	359
1961	464
1970	526
1987	512
1990	525

year	Residents
2000	617
2005	611
2011	580
2017	552
2019	528

religion

In 2012, 72.9% of the population were Catholic and 11.0% Protestant . The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational .

The diocese of Speyer and the deanery of Pirmasens are responsible for the Catholics , for the Evangelicals the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate . Until the end of 2015, on the Catholic side, Schindhard belonged to the parish of St. Jakobus located in Busenberg . Since 2016 it has been part of the parish of St. Peter based in Dahn.

politics

During the German Empire Schindhard was part of the Reichstag constituency Palatinate (Bavaria) 4 . In federal elections, the municipality belongs to the Pirmasens constituency (until 1965: Zweibrücken constituency ) . In state elections, the municipality was part of the Pirmasens-Land constituency from 1991 to 2016 . Due to the population decline in the region, it was dissolved, so that Schindhard will be part of the Pirmasens constituency from 2021 .

Municipal council

The local council of Schindhard consists of twelve 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.

Allocation of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	SHZ	WGR	FWG	total
2019	3	9	-	-	12 seats
2014	Majority vote				12 seats
2009	4th	-	5	3	12 seats
2004	3	-	7th	2	12 seats

• SHZ = community of voters "Schindhard has a future"

mayor

Tobias Herberg (SHZ) became local mayor of Schindhard on August 28, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he won 72.53 percent of the vote against his predecessor Joachim Burkhart (SPD), who had held the office for ten years. Before that Otto Vogel held this office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under a blue shield head, inside a silver tournament collar, divided diagonally by silver and green,a blue lily at thetop right ,a silver paring knifeat the bottom left ." It was approved in 1982 by the district government in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

Sights and culture

Cultural monuments

With the Catholic Church of St. Antonius , completed in 1927 and 1928 , four half-timbered houses and a crossroads, there are a total of six objects on site that are listed .

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  St. Anthony Church

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  Half-timbered house Hauptstrasse 53

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  Half-timbered house Schulstrasse 1

nature

The municipality is located in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park , which in turn belongs to the Palatinate Forest-Vosges du Nord biosphere reserve , which is protected by UNESCO . With the red sandstone cliffs Eilöchel and Sprinzel - both outside of the residential development - two natural monuments have been designated in the municipality . In addition, the community is part of the climbing area Palatinate Forest .

Clubs and events

The Erste Hägar Club Schindhard has been organizing the Palatinate Kubb Open since 2012 .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Due to the geographic conditions, the forest and timber industry dominated the area for centuries. The local forest areas are subordinate to the Wasgau Forestry Office , which is based in Dahn. The most important branch of industry in Schindhard is now tourism . Many residents work as commuters in the areas of Pirmasens , Kaiserslautern , Landau and Wörth or Karlsruhe .

traffic

Street

District road 41 in Schindhard

Schindhard is reached from the Wieslautertal, through which the federal road 427 runs from Hinterweidenthal via Bad Bergzabern to Kandel , from the Dahner district Reichenbach after 1 km via the district road 41 . While the main road runs through the middle of the district, but away from the settlement area, the district road connects the town to the west with the neighboring Dahn, whose core town is three kilometers away, and to the east with the Bärenbrunnerhof, which belongs to Busenberg . The district road 85 also creates a connection to the Busenberger core town. State road 489 also runs through the southwest of the municipality .

Schindhard is connected to the local transport network via the Monday to Friday bus lines 545 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association , which runs from Bad Bergzabern to Dahn . In addition to the town itself, it serves the Schindhard-Neuhof stop . In addition, there is a bus replacement service on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays by call taxis in the direction of Lauterschwan and Hinterweidenthal .

rail

Busenberg-Schindhard station at the level of the Dahn district of Reichenbach

The Wieslauterbahn , which opened in 1911 and begins in Hinterweidenthal on the Landau-Rohrbach railway line and ends in Bundenthal-Rumbach , connects Schindhard to the rail network. In 1966 and 1976, respectively, passenger traffic was stopped, but was reactivated in 1997. However, the train only runs on excursions during the summer months (May to October) on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and public holidays as well as annually on Carnival Sunday for the carnival parade and the Martini market in Dahn. The bus stop and former bus station Busenberg-Schindhard is located in the Dahn district at the level of its Reichenbach district and is 1 km before Schindhard next to the B 427.

tourism

The Klingbach cycle path and the Pirmasens-Belfort long-distance hiking path marked with a yellow bar lead through Schindhard . The predicate hiking trail Palatinate Forest Path touches the northern edge of the settlement. In addition, the community is located on a hiking trail that is marked with a yellow-red bar . The premium hiking trail Felsenland Sagenweg and the 24 kilometer long Busenberger Holzschuhpfad also run partially across the municipality.

Web links

Commons : Schindhard  - Collection of Images

• Local community Schindhard on the website of the Dahner Felsenland community
• Literature about Schindhard in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 171 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 10, 2020 . 
4. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2012. August 31, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 . 
5. ↑ pfarrei-feilbingert.de: future structure of the diocese of Speyer . Retrieved August 23, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
7. ^ Sven Gütermann: Schindhard: No subsidy for DGH renovation. Constituent meeting of the new municipal council. Die Rheinpfalz, August 31, 2019, accessed on April 9, 2020 . 
8. ↑ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Retrieved on April 9, 2020 (see Dahner Felsenland, Verbandsgemeinde, 13th line of results). 
9. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .