Silence (Schweigen-Rechtenbach)

remain silent Local church silence law Bach Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 57 ′ 7 ″ E
Height :	215 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	721 (Jun 30, 2007)
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	76889
Area code :	06342
Location of silence in Rhineland-Palatinate

Silence has approximately 720 residents of the greater district of the Rhineland-Palatinate, Southern Wine Road district lying municipality silence law Bach .

location

The place is located in the southern municipality directly on the border with France and is almost completely surrounded by vineyards. Structurally, it has grown together with the district of Rechtenbach. The German Wine Gate , which marks the southern beginning of the German Wine Route , lies in silence .

history

Silence had been part of the territory of the city of Weißenburg , which had been an imperial city since 1306 , from an unknown point in time . In 1648, together with the city, Schweigen became part of the Kingdom of France.

Around 1685, the royal French prefect Johann Jakob Menweeg donated 20,000 guilders from his private assets to re-establish the Catholic parish, which disappeared during the Reformation .

After the Congress of Vienna left the area between the Lauter and Queich rivers with France for the first time, this region was separated from France after the renewed defeat of Napoleon in 1815. The Lauter served as a new boundary line in large parts, which also divided traditional affiliations and communities. In 1815, Schweigen was separated from its centuries-old capital, Weißenburg. After a short Austrian interlude, the village had belonged to the Bavarian Rhine Palatinate since 1816 . and had been part of the Bergzabern district since 1939 .

In 1945 the village became part of the French occupation zone and in 1946 moved from Bavaria to the newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform, it was merged on June 7, 1969 with the neighboring village of Rechtenbach to form the municipality of Schweigen-Rechtenbach. At the same time, the new community moved to the newly created Landau-Bad Bergzabern district , which was renamed the Südliche Weinstrasse district in 1978 .

traffic

Schweigen is connected to the local transport network via bus line 543, which connects the two train stations in Bad Bergzabern and Wissembourg .

Individual evidence

↑ Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district Volume 1, p. 258, FC Neidhard, Speyer 1836; (Digital scan)
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 178 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 189 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[1] Michael Frey : Attempt at a geographical-historical-statistical description of the royal Bavarian Rhine district Volume 1, p. 258, FC Neidhard, Speyer 1836; (Digital scan)

[2] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 178 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[3] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 189 (PDF; 2.8 MB).