Schweighofen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′  N , 8 ° 0 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Bad Bergzabern
Height :	160 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.23 km 2
Residents:	588 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	52 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76889
Area code :	06342
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 072
Association administration address:	Königstrasse 61 76887 Bad Bergzabern
Website :	www.schweighofen.de
Mayoress :	Sarah Agné
Location of the local community Schweighofen in the district of Südliche Weinstrasse

Schweighofen ( Pfälz . Schwäächhoffe ) is a municipality in the southern Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Bergzabern community .

geography

The community is located between the Palatinate Forest biosphere reserve and the Rhine directly on the border with France. Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Oberotterbach , Kapsweyer , Weißenburg and Schweigen-Rechtenbach .

Schweighofen also includes the Haftelhof , Neuhof and Windhof residential areas .

history

Schweighofen is located in the Mundat area, which Pippin the Younger gave to the Weissenburg monastery around 760 . As a result, the monastery founded many farms and hamlets on cleared land, including Schweighofen. The place was first mentioned in 1311. For many centuries it and Altenstadt , which is now part of Weißenburg, belonged together.

religion

At the end of 2013, 66.1 percent of the population were Catholic and 19.6 percent Protestant . The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Sarah Agné became the local mayor of Schweighofen on August 16, 2018. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for another five years with 84.20% of the vote. Her predecessors were Rüdiger Jacobsen, who died in office in 2018, and previously Gerhard Pautler until the 2014 local elections.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In red under a golden key lying diagonally to the right with a beard turned downwards and a diamond-shaped handle, at the bottom an abutting silver battlement wall with an open arched gate, inside a golden horseshoe with downward facing studs." It was approved by the Mainz Interior Ministry in 1950 .
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The Petruskey is reminiscent of the Weißenburg monastery.

Culture and sights

• The annual Kerwe always takes place on the first weekend in September.
• See also the list of cultural monuments in Schweighofen

Economy and Infrastructure

The community is connected to the road network via the state road 546. A separate train stop on the Winden – Weißenburg (Alsace) route guarantees public transport with the Bad Bergzabern – Schweighofen bus line .

The small Schweighofen airfield is located south of the village .

Personalities

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Honorary citizen

• Horst Friedmann
• Karl Gerdon

Sons and daughters of the church

• Michael Frey (1788-1854), Cath. Priest and historian

Web links

Commons : Schweighofen  - Collection of Images

• Official website of the community of Schweighofen
• Literature about Schweighofen 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 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 160 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ ^{a b} Vera Allmann-Stübinger: A woman for Schweighofen. Die Rheinpfalz, August 18, 2018, accessed on April 23, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Bergzabern, Verbandsgemeinde, 20th line of results. Retrieved April 23, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Events. Kerwe 2014. Accessed April 23, 2020 . 
8. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .