Ungstein

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Ungstein
City of Bad Dürkheim
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Ungstein
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 48 "  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 47"  E
Height : 120 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1314  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation : April 22, 1972
Postal code : 67098
Area code : 06322
Reconstructed main building of the villa rustica Weilberg near Ungstein.
Reconstructed main building of the villa rustica Weilberg near Ungstein.

Ungstein is a district of Bad Dürkheim in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate . Ungstein has about 1250 inhabitants and is located about 1 km northeast of Bad Dürkheim on the German Wine Route .

history

Ungstein was an independent municipality until it was incorporated into Bad Dürkheim on April 22, 1972 and is still strongly influenced by viticulture.

The first written mention of Ungstein in the Weißenburg Codex dates from 714, but there are already signs of settlement in Roman times.

The hamlet of Pfeffingen became part of Ungstein in 1836.

During a land consolidation in 1981, the remains of the villa rustica Weilberg were discovered. The former Roman estate, used according to the excavation results from the years 20/30 until the early 5th century, has been partially reconstructed and is accessible as an open-air museum .

Already for the 1266 wine-growing and wine-making is demonstrated in Ungstein because Dean and pen chapter of St. German (Speyer) , by an instrument "Wingerte to Unkstein and Durkheim" in perpetual lease granted under the condition that the tenant the local canons Stephan who had donated the property to the monastery, was supposed to "deliver 3 loads of wine a year from the press in Unkstein for life " .

politics

Local advisory board

The district of Ungstein comprises one of five local districts of the city of Bad Dürkheim and therefore has a local advisory board and a local councilor .

The local council has seven members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation. The distribution of seats in the elected local council:

choice SPD CDU Green FWG total
2019 1 4th 1 1 7 seats
2014 2 4th - 1 7 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Association Bad Dürkheim e. V.

Mayor

The mayor is Andreas Wolf (CDU). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 66.05% of the votes, making him the successor to his father Walter Wolf (CDU), who was no longer running.

coat of arms

Ungstein coat of arms
 Blazon : "In blue, a silver district mark in the form of a patriarchal cross, the lower cross arm of which is bent down in a horseshoe shape on both sides."

Culture

In Ungstein there are, among other things, a choir, a traditional costume group and a sports club. In addition, the place is the seat of the International Natural Horn Academy , which is directed by Wilhelm Bruns .

Personalities

Others

The route of the federal road 271 leads north of Bad Dürkheim through the villages and thus also through Ungstein. A bypass road is included in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 as an urgent requirement .

Web links

Commons : Ungstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ residents. District town Bad Dürkheim, accessed on April 13, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 158 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  3. ^ Roman vineyard Weilberg in Ungstein. Museum Society Bad Dürkheim e. V., accessed on July 27, 2020 .
  4. ^ List of monuments in the Bad Dürkheim district. Bad Dürkheim - Ungstein (district), p. 13, Römisches Landgut am Weilberg. State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Directorate General for Cultural Heritage, accessed on July 27, 2020 .
  5. ^ Franz Xaver Glasschröder : New documents on the Palatinate Church history in the Middle Ages , Publishing House of the Palatinate Society for the Advancement of Science, Speyer, 1930, pages 3 u. 4, document regist No. 6
  6. ^ City of Bad Dürkheim: Main statutes of the city of Bad Dürkheim. § 2 June 10, 2014, accessed on October 12, 2019 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Ungstein. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2014 Ungstein. Retrieved October 12, 2019 .
  9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct elections 2019. Accessed on October 12, 2019 (see fifth row of results).
  10. ↑ B271n in the federal traffic route plan