Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen

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Coat of arms of the Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen
Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen
Map of Germany, position of the Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '  N , 8 ° 23'  E

Basic data (as of 2014)
Existing period: 1972-2014
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Rhine-Palatinate District
Area : 27.13 km 2
Residents: 11,528 (Jun 30, 2014)
Population density : 425 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : RP
Association key : 07 3 38 5002
Association structure: 3 municipalities
Association administration address
:
Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 6
67373 Dudenhofen
Mayor : Clemens Körner (2001–2009), Peter Eberhard (2009–2014)
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Location of the municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

The Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen was an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional body in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Verbandsgemeinde belonged to three independent local communities , the administrative seat was in the eponymous community of Dudenhofen .

It was located in the Vorderpfalz and was created in 1972 as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate functional and territorial reform . On July 1, 2014, the Dudenhofen community was dissolved and the Römerberg-Dudenhofen community was re-established for the associated local communities together with the previously unaffiliated community of Römerberg .

Association members communities

Local parish Area (km²) Residents
Dudenhofen 12.95 5,919
Hanhofen 5.80 2,536
Harthausen 8.37 3,073
Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen 27.13 11,528

(Resident on June 30, 2014)

Population development

The development of the population in relation to the area of ​​the Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen at the time of its dissolution; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 1,784
1835 2,901
1871 3,549
1905 4.032
1939 5,038
1950 5,734
year Residents
1961 6,652
1970 7,329
1987 9,083
1997 10,421
2005 11,128
2014 11,528

politics

Administration building of the Verbandsgemeinde Dudenhofen

Association municipal council

The Verbandsgemeinderat Dudenhofen consisted of 28 voluntary council members, who were last elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on June 7, 2009 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FDP GREEN FWG total
2009 7th 15th 2 2 2 28 seats
2004 7th 15th 2 2 2 28 seats

mayor

From 2009 to 2014 Peter Eberhard (CDU) was the full-time mayor of the association.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “In the silver shield border divided by wavy lines, above in blue, on the right a silver cross, whose arm is elongated and drawn out into stylized curves to the right, on the left a likewise silver cross, whose arm ends in a lying crescent moon, below from Silver and blue divided, inside a lily in alternating tincture. "

The coat of arms was approved by the district government in 1983 . It contains the main elements of the coats of arms of the three local communities, the cross with the crescent moon of Hanhofen, next to it the cross of Dudenhofen and below the lily of Harthausen. The colors blue and silver refer to the Hochstift Speyer , to which all three places belonged for a long time.

Partnerships

Since October 1992 there has been a partnership with the Saxon city of Oberlungwitz .

Individual evidence

  1. Gesellschaft für Kommunikation und Wissenstransfer mbH - rlpDirekt ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rlpdirekt.de
  2. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen