Verbandsgemeinde Wachenheim an der Weinstrasse
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Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ' N , 8 ° 11' E |
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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. |
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Mayor : | Torsten Bechtel ( CDU ) | |
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Verbandsgemeinde Wachenheim in the Bad Dürkheim district | ||
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 |
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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:
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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 |
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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
- Peter Karn, Rolf Mertzenich: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany . Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. District Bad Dürkheim 13.1 = City of Bad Dürkheim, community Hassloch, association communities Deidesheim, Lambrecht, Wachenheim . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1995. ISBN 978-3-88462-119-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Verbandsgemeinderatswahl 2019 Wachenheim adW Retrieved on August 11, 2019 .
- ^ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Focus: Election for the Wachenheim Association Mayor . In: Die Rheinpfalz , local edition Bad Dürkheimer Zeitung . Ludwigshafen January 3, 2015.