Schweigen-Rechtenbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Bad Bergzabern
Height :	217 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.04 km 2
Residents:	1362 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	85 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76889
Area code :	06342
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 071
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Königstrasse 61 76887 Bad Bergzabern
Website :	www.schweigen-rechtebach.de
Local Mayor :	Dieter Geisser
Location of the local community Schweigen-Rechtenbach in the district of Südliche Weinstraße

The townscape of Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was created in 1969 by merging the communities of Schweigen and Rechtenbach . It belongs to the Bad Bergzabern community ; in terms of area, it is their largest local community and in terms of population it is their fourth largest. Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a state-approved resort and border town to France . In Schweigen-Rechtenbach, the German Wine Route began in the 1930s in the form of the Deutsches Weintor , which made the community famous beyond the region.

geography

location

The community is located in the south of the Palatinate on the German-French border . The west of the district protrudes into the Wasgau , as the southern part of the Palatinate Forest and the adjoining northern part of the Vosges are also called. This area is also part of the Upper Mundat Forest . The Vallunga is also located there . The east of the municipality belongs to the Haardtrand , alternatively known as the Weinstrasse region , which is part of the Northern Upper Rhine Lowland region .

The local community consists of the districts Rechtenbach in the north and Schweigen in the south. Structurally, these have now grown together, so that spatial separation is no longer possible. On the French side opposite it is Wissembourg . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Oberotterbach , Schweighofen , Wissembourg and Bobenthal .

Surveys

In the west of the district there are several elevations of the Palatinate Forest. In the extreme north of the district, the 402  m above sea level extends . NHN high Steinbühl ; to the north-west of it rises the 503  m above sea level. NHN high Schloßberg , the southeast flank of which is part of the municipality mark. A little further to the west are the Hohe Kopf ( 497  m above sea level ) and the Obere Kirchberg . Closer to the settlement area, the extend Pitzberg of, immediately northwest of Rechtenbach Wachtberg and near the border with France, the Hasenberg .

Waters

The Russbach flows in a north-west-south-east direction through the middle of the Rechtenbach district. In the far west, the Reisbach forms the boundary with Bobenthal. The Otterbach grazes the northern edge of the district.

history

Schweigen-Rechtenbach was newly formed in the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform on June 7, 1969 from the previously independent communities of Schweigen and Rechtenbach . Since then it is in the district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . In 1972 it also became part of the Bad Bergzabern community .

religion

The royal French prefect Johann Jakob Menweeg donated 20,000 guilders from his private fortune around 1685  to re-establish the Catholic parish of Schweigen, which disappeared during the Reformation .

At the end of 2013, 47.4 percent of the population were Protestant and 29.8 percent Catholic. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer and are subordinate to the Landau deanery , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Schweigen-Rechtenbach 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	5	4th	7th	16 seats
2014	4th	6th	6th	16 seats
2009	4th	5	7th	16 seats
2004	4th	4th	8th	16 seats

FWG = Free Voting Group Schweigen-Rechtenbach e. V.

mayor

In June 2014 Dieter Geißer (FWG) was elected to succeed Helmut Geißer (FWG). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of 65.35% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided and split below, above in black a red roofed golden gate with a golden bridge, with a lower extension on both sides in the same tincture, therein three black entrances, below left in green a stemmed golden grape, below right in silver three green trees green three mountain shifted to the left. "
	Founding of the coat of arms: It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1970 and contains elements of the old coats of arms of Schweigen and Rechtenbach.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

German Wine Gate

View from the cemetery towards France

In Schweigen-Rechtenbach there are a total of 15 objects that are listed , including the German Wine Gate . It was built in 1936 under the direction of the Landau architects August Josef Peter and Karl Mittel to make the Palatinate wine-growing region better known.

nature

The nature reserves Haardtrand - Am Hasenberg and Haardtrand - Am Wachtberg are located within the boundaries of the municipality . With two linden trees in the main street, there is also a natural monument on site

societies

In addition to the ADAC OC Deutsches Weintor e. V., the association 1. Deutscher Weinlehrpfad , the ASV Schweigen-Rechtenbach and the youth orchestra Schweigen-Rechtenbach also counts the SV Schweigen-Rechtenbach 1929 e. V. with a sports facility on the local Wachtberg is one of the largest local associations in terms of membership.

Knight stones

There are a total of three knight stones in the forest area of ​​the community . Ritterstein 6 has the inscription Schanze 1704 and refers to a hill from the War of the Spanish Succession . 7 Wegscheid marks a meeting point of a total of five paths. Ritterstein 8 is called Mundathütte .

Events

On August 31, 2008, Schweigen-Rechtenbach was the opening location of the German Wine Route Adventure Day ; the motto was "Golden Palatinate".

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Vineyards in Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Viticulture

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a wine-growing village and as such part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . The large Guttenberg site and the two individual sites, both of which are each called the Sonnenberg, are located on site. The wineries Friedrich Becker and Bernhart , both of which belong to the Association of German Prädikatsweingüter, have their headquarters in the community . Before moving to Ilbesheim near Landau, the community was also the headquarters of the German wine-growing cooperative .

Another institution is the 1st German Wine Trail on the Schweigener Sonnenberg. The approximately one kilometer long route was opened in 1969; it offers an insight into the history of viticulture, such as the various cultivation traditions, work in the vineyard or the influence of soil and climate.

As a curiosity, it should be mentioned that some silent vintners also allow wine to grow on the French side due to old lease agreements. This enables German winemakers to produce geographically protected wines such as “Crémant d'Alsace”.

Other areas

The community belongs to the business area of VR Bank Südliche Weinstrasse-Wasgau . Also on site that exists Tavern Elwetritsch .

traffic

Bundesstrasse 38 in Schweigen-Rechtenbach

The federal highway 38 runs through Schweigen-Rechtenbach in a north-south direction to Landau in der Pfalz, which in this area is identical to the German Wine Route . To the east of Schweigen, the state road 546 branches off to Minfeld and east of Rechtenbach, the district road 27 ; both lead to Schweighofen. The circuit road 28 leads through the middle of silence; which begins and ends at the main road and runs in a ring.

The community is connected to the local transport network via bus line 543 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association , which connects the two train stations in Bad Bergzabern and Wissembourg .

tourism

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is well integrated in the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle touring and hiking network . Both the cabbage and beet cycle path and the German Wine Route cycle path begin or end in Schweigen-Rechtenbach. The long-distance hiking trails Palatinate Almond Path , Palatinate Weinsteig and Palatinate Forest Path also connect the local community, the southern end of which it forms. Schweigen-Rechtenbach is also on the Pirmasens-Belfort long-distance hiking trail marked with a yellow bar .

In addition, a hiking trail that is marked with a blue cross and that leads from Niederhausen to Sankt Germanshof runs through the forest .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Maria Salomea Schweppenhäuser (1755–1833), lady-in-waiting
• Arthur Schnabel (1947–2018), judoka and sumo wrestler

Web links

Commons : Schweigen-Rechtenbach  - Collection of images

Wikivoyage: Schweigen-Rechtenbach  - travel guide

• Schweigen-Rechtenbach
• Literature on Schweigen-Rechtenbach 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 - regional data
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 160 (PDF; 3 MB).
4. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 178 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
5. ^ Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district Volume 1, p. 457, FC Neidhard, Speyer 1836; (Digital scan)
6. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
8. ↑ http://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/landau/artikel/stichwahl-dieter-geisser-neuer-ortsbuergermeister/
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Bergzabern, Verbandsgemeinde, 19th line of results. Retrieved April 23, 2020 . 
10. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
11. ↑ Route planning Palatinate . Tour planner Rhineland-Palatinate. Retrieved November 17, 2013.