Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate)

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Coat of arms of the Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht
Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 4'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Bad Dürkheim
Area : 129.16 km 2
Residents: 12,123 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 94 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : DÜW
Association key : 07 3 32 5005
Association structure: 7 municipalities
Association administration address
:
Sommerbergstrasse 3
67466 Lambrecht (Palatinate)
Website : vg-lambrecht.de
Mayor : Manfred Kirr (independent)
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht in the Bad Dürkheim district
Bad Dürkheim Grünstadt Grünstadt Haßloch Meckenheim (Pfalz) Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim Ruppertsberg Forst an der Weinstraße Deidesheim Wattenheim Hettenleidelheim Tiefenthal (Pfalz) Carlsberg (Pfalz) Altleiningen Ellerstadt Gönnheim Friedelsheim Wachenheim an der Weinstraße Elmstein Weidenthal Neidenfels Lindenberg (Pfalz) Lambrecht (Pfalz) Frankeneck Esthal Kindenheim Bockenheim an der Weinstraße Quirnheim Mertesheim Ebertsheim Obrigheim (Pfalz) Obersülzen Dirmstein Gerolsheim Laumersheim Großkarlbach Bissersheim Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Kleinkarlbach Neuleiningen Battenberg (Pfalz) Neuleiningen Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Weisenheim am Sand Weisenheim am Sand Weisenheim am Sand Erpolzheim Bobenheim am Berg Bobenheim am Berg Dackenheim Dackenheim Freinsheim Freinsheim Herxheim am Berg Herxheim am Berg Herxheim am Berg Kallstadt Kallstadt Weisenheim am Berg Weisenheim am Berg Landkreis Alzey-Worms Worms Ludwigshafen am Rhein Frankenthal (Pfalz) Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Landkreis Germersheim Neustadt an der Weinstraße Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße Landau in der Pfalz Kaiserslautern Landkreis Kaiserslautern Donnersbergkreis Kaiserslautern Landkreis Südwestpfalzmap
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Administrative building of the Verbandsgemeinde

The Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Pfalz) is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association includes the city of Lambrecht (Palatinate) as well as six independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous city of Lambrecht (Palatinate).

Association members communities

Local parish, city Area (km²) Residents
Elmstein 75.68 2,400
Esthal 15.48 1.310
Frankeneck 4.76 816
Lambrecht (Palatinate) , city 8.31 4,050
Lindenberg 3.79 1,058
Neidenfels 6.65 767
Weidenthal 14.49 1,722
Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate) 129.16 12.123

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

history

The Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate) was newly formed in 1972, like all the association communities in the then administrative district of Rheinhessen-Pfalz , on the basis of the “Thirteenth State Law on Administrative Simplification in the State of Rhineland-Palatinate”. Until then, the administrative structures from the Palatinate (1816–1946) existed.

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of ​​the Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht (Palatinate); the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 4.136
1835 5,953
1871 8,312
1905 10,656
1939 12,803
1950 14,563
year Residents
1961 16,335
1970 16,237
1987 13,623
1997 13,756
2005 13,380
2019 12.123

politics

Association municipal council

The Verbandsgemeinderat Lambrecht (Palatinate) consists of 28 voluntary council members who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU LEFT FWG AGU SWG WGR total
2019 7th 10 1 7th - 3 - 28 seats
2014 9 10 1 6th - 2 - 28 seats
2009 9 10 1 5 1 - 2 28 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Group Talgemeinden eV
  • AGU = action group "the independents" eV
  • SWG = Social Voting Community

mayor

The full-time mayor of the Lambrecht community has been Manfred Kirr (independent) since January 1, 2013. In the direct election on April 22, 2012, he was elected for eight years with a share of the vote of 62.12%. Kirr is the successor to Herbert Bertram (CDU), who did not run again after 25 years in office.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Verbandsgemeinde Lambrecht
Blazon : "In silver and green shield border divided eightfold, a green three-mountain, growing out of this a blue wave pole, on the right of a growing green tree, on the left by a growing red tin tower with three Gothic silver windows 1: 2."

It was approved by the Neustadt district government in 1986 .

Reasons for the coat of arms: On the one hand, it describes the general landscape of the Verbandsgemeinde, which is characterized by numerous mountains, forests, waterways and castles. On the other hand, the figures stand for the wood and paper industry (tree and water) as well as the seat of the Lambrecht community.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Verbandsgemeinderatswahl 2019 Lambrecht (Pfalz). Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
  4. Metropolnews: The winner has been determined - election of the association's mayor in the VG Lambrecht. April 22, 2012, accessed November 30, 2019 .
  5. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .