Schweix

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Schweix
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Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '  N , 7 ° 31'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Southwest Palatinate
Association municipality : Pirmasens land
Height : 377 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.73 km 2
Residents: 294 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 79 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 66957
Area code : 06335
License plate : PS , ZW
Community key : 07 3 40 048
LOCODE : DE SWX
Association administration address: Bahnhofstrasse 19
66953 Pirmasens
Website : www.schweix.de
Local Mayor : Marco Maas (non-party)
Location of the local community Schweix in the district of Südwestpfalz
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Schweix is a municipality in the district of Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Pirmasens Land Association .

geography

Schweix is ​​right on the border with France on the edge of the Zweibrücken hill country . It is one of the villages on the so-called Hackmesserseite . In the north there is Kröppen , in the east Hilst and in the west lies Lied Various . The next largest city is Pirmasens in the northeast.

The Hilstermühle and Schweixermühle residential areas also belong to Schweix .

history

middle Ages

The village of Schweix was in the Lemberg office of the County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and there in the Kröppen official school .

Early modern age

Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) died in 1570 as the last male member of his family. The Lemberg office was inherited by his daughter, Ludovica Margaretha von Zweibrücken-Bitsch , who was married to the (heir) Count Philipp (V) von Hanau-Lichtenberg . Her father-in-law, Count Philipp IV. Von Hanau-Lichtenberg , gave the strict Roman Catholic Duke Karl III by immediately introducing the Lutheran creed . of Lorraine, the opportunity to intervene militarily, as the latter had suzerainty over the Bitsch rule, which was also part of the inheritance . In July 1572 Lorraine troops occupied the county. Since Philip IV was unable to cope with the overwhelming power of Lorraine, he chose the legal route. In the subsequent process before the Reich Chamber of Commerce, Lorraine was able to prevail with regard to the Bitsch rule, while the Lemberg office - and thus also Schweix - was awarded to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg . The treaty that ended the dispute also contained a passage that guaranteed Catholics the freedom to practice their faith in Schweix.

1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau family. Due to the marriage of his only daughter, Charlotte (* 1700; † 1726), with the Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) (* 1691; † 1768) of Hesse-Darmstadt , the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg fell there.

Modern times

In the course of the French Revolution , the part of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg on the left bank of the Rhine - and with it the Office of Lemberg and Schweix - fell to France in 1794. After the end of Napoleonic rule, Schweix came to the Kingdom of Bavaria (Rhine district).


  • View from the south of Schweix

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Schweix 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. The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU total
2019 by majority vote 8 seats
2014 by majority vote 8 seats
2009 3 5 8 seats
2004 5 3 8 seats

mayor

Marco Maas became the local mayor of Schweix on June 25, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 80.20% of the vote. The predecessors of Maas were Karl-Heinz Conrad (SPD), who did not run again after 20 years in office, and Albert Zinßius (CDU, local mayor until 1999).

coat of arms

Schweix coat of arms
 Blazon : "In gold, a red rafter, separated from above by a green acorn and leafed green acorn, below by a blue cogwheel."
Justification of the coat of arms: The rafter comes from the coat of arms of Hanau- Lichtenberg.

The flag is yellow-red-yellow divided in a ratio of 1: 4: 1.

Culture and sights

Catholic Parish Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

The Hilster mill is more than 400 years old. The Catholic church in the center of the village was completed in 1806. There is a lime wood statue of Maria Immaculata, mid-18th century, which is said to come from the Stürzelbronn monastery, which was dissolved in 1790.

traffic

Schweix can be reached via subordinate streets. There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the A 8 in the north.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Karl-Heinz Conrad (* 1949/1950) was made an honorary citizen on December 1, 2019 in recognition of his services to the community. During his time as local mayor (1999-2019) numerous projects were realized and he held several honorary positions in the community.
  • Albert Zinßius (†), local mayor of Schweix for many years (term of office until 1999).

Persons connected with Schweix

  • Edith Stein (1891–1942), nun and philosopher, canonized in 1998. Between 1927 and 1931 she visited the Schweix pastor Konrad Schwind and his sisters and housekeepers Anna and Lisette several times . In 1928 Edith Stein spent a few weeks vacation in the rectory.

See also

literature

  • Official directory and statistics of the royal Bavarian administrative district of the Palatinate . Speyer 1870.
  • Ernst Christan: field names on the Hackmesse side. The creation of the village of Schweix. In: Pfälzische Heimatblätter 13. [rather: 12.] 1964, pp. 6-7
  • Erwin Ehrminger, Albert Zinßius: Schweix. Past and present. In: home calendar. The Pirmasenser and Zweibrücker Land, its checkered history and its developing present, born in 1974 (1973), pp. 153–156, ISSN  0724-2026
  • Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
  • Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480–1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.
  • Theodor Rohr: All sorts of things about the rare family name Zinßius. From 1788 in Schweix. 2. change Edition self-published, Kleinsteinhausen 1998. (From Wasgau and Westrich; 12.)
  • Peter Kölsch: Civil birth, marriage and death register of the Schweix community. 1793-1812. Pirmasens Working Group for Family Research, Pirmasens 2002
  • Peter Kölsch: Family register for the Catholic church records of the Schweix parish. 1824-1875. Pirmasens Working Group for Family Research, Pirmasens 2002

Web links

Commons : Schweix  - Collection of images

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. 109 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
  3. ↑ Knöpp, p. 9; Matt, p. 9.
  4. ^ Fritz Claus: Maria Rosenberg. Legend, saga and history . 3rd edition, Edenkoben 1911, p. 334.
  5. ↑ Directory of officials .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  7. ↑ Marco Maas takes up his post as local mayor. Die Rheinpfalz, June 27, 2019, accessed on April 6, 2020 .
  8. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Pirmasens-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, eleventh line of results. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b c Ursula Düll: Karl-Heinz Conrad appointed honorary citizen of Schweix. Die Rheinpfalz, December 4, 2019, accessed on April 6, 2020 .
  10. ↑ The art monuments of the city and the district of Pirmasens, arr. v. Anton Eckardt u. Hans Erich Kubach (Die Kunstdenkmäler von Rheinland-Pfalz, Vol. 2), Munich 1957, p. 503
  11. ↑ Joachim Feldes: Edith Stein and Schifferstadt. 2. correct. Schifferstadt 2011, pp. 44–46. ISBN 3-00-002724-6 .