Spall

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Spall (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	350 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.26 km 2
Residents:	177 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	12 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 100
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Local Mayor :	Bernd Closen
Location of the local community Spall in the Bad Kreuznach district

Spall from the southwest

Spall is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

Spall is located above the Graefenbach at the foot of the 657 meter high Ellerspring in the southern Hunsrück between the Soonwald and the Gauchswald . To the east is Argenschwang , south Allenfeld , west Gebroth and north is Münchwald .

The Eichhof and Forsthaus Gebroth residential areas also belong to Spall .

history

After 1375

The oldest written mention of the place Spall can be found in 1375 with Spalde in a Sponheimer goods book . The name is derived from incision, slot, column and is based on its geographical location.

Around 1500 Spall belonged to the Hinteren Grafschaft Sponheim , which was divided between the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and the Margraviate of Baden after the Sponheimers died out . In 1556, Elector Otto Heinrich ordered to preach Protestant doctrine. The Reformation was carried out in 1557 in Gebroth, Spall, Argenschwang, Spabrücken and Dalberg.

During a church visit to all offices of the Hinteren Grafschaft Sponheim in 1607, the bailiff from Winterburg wrote:

“The Spald local community goes to Spachbrücken, so dalbergisch in the church. Because it is now due to the fact that today's Dalberger will reintroduce the papacy to which he belongs, it should be considered how the parish of Spald can be helped in this case. "

But Spall and Argenschwang should better go to the local parish of Gebroth, after the order had already been issued during a church visit in 1575 that the Spallers should go to Gebroth to preach,

"... because their children could not pray because of the carelessness of the Lutheran pastor from Spachbrück."

In Spabrücken, despite all the difficulties that were made by the Electoral Palatinate , the Catholic worship service was reintroduced by Johann von Dalberg on September 1, 1624. From then on, the Spallers were only allowed to go to the evangelical service in Gebroth.

In 1594 the first council and bakery was built in Spall . The building's bell was picked up for armament purposes during World War II and replaced with a new one on December 31, 1949. In 1984 the building had to give way to the new traffic routing, and in 1989 a wooden bell tower was inaugurated at this point in which the old bell now rings every day. A memorial stone with a plaque reminds of old Backes.

After 1860

The first school was built in Spall in 1860, but since no teacher was found, the first lessons did not take place until October 12, 1865. Until 1912 there was the Zum Soonwald restaurant in Spall , which also served as a post office. From 1912 the post office was relocated to Haus Erbach.

In 1902, on Reformation Day, the water fair was celebrated in Spall after the first water pipe was completed. Before that, the citizens supplied themselves with water from wells. In 1915 electricity reached the municipality of Spall, and electric lights were on for the first time.

On August 15, 1926, the memorial that was erected at the entrance to the village for those who fell in the First World War from Spall was inaugurated. The praying warrior was made by the Bad Kreuznach sculptor Bauer. On January 28, 1945 a bomb hit the entrance to the village in the direction of Argenschwang.

The new school was completed in 1960 and closed again six years later. The children from Spall go to school in Wallhausen to this day. Today in the basement of the former school is the community hall, the mayor’s office and, since 1967, the Spaller Hof restaurant in the former school hall.

Population development

The development of the population of Spall, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 157 1835 213 1871 176 1905 195 1939 156 1950 182

year Residents 1961 152 1970 151 1987 154 2005 151 2011 171 2017 176

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Local mayor is Bernd Closen. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 87.74% of the vote and is the successor to Wilhelm Regner, who did not run again after 15 years in office.

coat of arms

The different colors of the coat of arms indicate the former affiliation to the front and rear counties of Sponheim .

Culture and sights

The memorial for those who fell in the First World War from Spall can be found on the Graefenbachstrasse exit to Allenfeld. It was made by the Bad Kreuznach sculptor Bauer and inaugurated in 1926.

Since 1993 there has been a museum for Scottish history, the Tartan Museum , a picture gallery and a small exhibition on the history of the municipality of Spall in the artistically designed domicile of the two artists Mole & Wolfrhine on Soonwaldstraße .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Spall
• List of natural monuments in Spall

Regular festivals and events

• Fair: Always on Easter
• Fire brigade festival 1st weekend in May
• VDK summer party: mid to late June
• Hiking festival: mid to late July

Personalities

• Hans Maria Mole , painter and action artist
• Basil Wolfrhine , painter, performance artist and musician

Web links

Commons : Spall  Collection of Images

• Spall parish
• Literature about Spall 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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Spall. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 25th line of results. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .