Verbandsgemeinde Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse

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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 '  N , 8 ° 11'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Bad Dürkheim
Area : 42.01 km 2
Residents: 10,000 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 238 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : DÜW
Association key : 07 3 32 5006
Association structure: 4 municipalities
Association administration address
: 		Weinstrasse 16
67157 Wachenheim ad Weinstr.
Website : www.vg-wachenheim.de
Mayor : Torsten Bechtel ( CDU )
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Verbandsgemeinde Wachenheim 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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The Verbandsgemeinde Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality includes the town of Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse and three independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous town of Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse. The administrative area of ​​the Verbandsgemeinde is on the German Wine Route .

Association members communities

Local parish, city Area (km²) Residents
Ellerstadt 6.34 2,388
Friedelsheim 4.16 1,446
Gönnheim 6.54 1,574
Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse , city 24.97 4,592
Association community as a whole 42.01 10,000

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

history

The community of Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse was re-established in 1972, like all community 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 Bavarian period (1816-1946) existed.

Population development

Development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of ​​the collective municipality Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 3,900
1835 5,097
1871 4,928
1905 4,457
1939 4,753
1950 5,632
year Residents
1961 6.152
1970 6,827
1987 8,788
1997 9,108
2005 10.114
2019 10,000

politics

Association municipal council

The local council wachenheim consists of 28 honorary council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation were elected, and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FDP GREEN FWG total
2019 5 8th 2 5 8th 28 seats
2014 8th 11 1 - 8th 28 seats
2009 9 9 3 - 7th 28 seats
2004 7th 7th 2 - 8th 24 seats
1999 8th 7th 2 1 6th 24 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Community, Wachenheim Community Association

mayor

Udo Kittelberger (non-party) has been the mayor of the association since May 1, 2007, who was confirmed in office on January 11, 2015 for a further 8 years. However, Kittelberger died unexpectedly on the morning of January 20, 2015 at the age of 57.

On May 31, 2015, Torsten Bechtel (CDU) was elected with 50.3% in a runoff election.

List of Mayors:

  • Rolf Eggebrecht (1973–1979, CDU)
  • Roland Hummel (1979–1989, CDU)
  • Klaus Huter (1989-2006, SPD)
  • Udo Kittelberger (2007-2015, independent)
  • Torsten Bechtel (since 2015, CDU)

Economy and Infrastructure

There are a number of medium-sized companies, such as Elektro Werke Wachenheim, but all places are also largely characterized by wine and fruit growing.

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 Wachenheim adW Retrieved on August 11, 2019 .
  4. ^ Mourning for the Wachenheim association mayor Kittelberger. (No longer available online.) The Rheinpfalz, archived from the original on January 21, 2015 ; accessed on January 21, 2015 . Info: The archive link was 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.rheinpfalz.de
  5. ↑ Result of the mayoral election 2015  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wahlen.rlp.de  
  6. ↑ Focus: Election for the Wachenheim Association Mayor . In: Die Rheinpfalz , local edition Bad Dürkheimer Zeitung . Ludwigshafen January 3, 2015.