Wörsbach (Niederkirchen)
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Worsbach
Local community of Niederkirchen
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| Height : | 344 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 13 km² | |
| Residents : | 300 | |
| Population density : | 23 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | 7th June 1969 | |
| Postal code : | 67700 | |
| Primaries : | 06308, 06363 | |
Location of Wörsbach in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Wörsbach is a district of the Niederkirchen community in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
The Amoshof, Neuhof and Rauschermühle residential areas also belong to Wörsbach .
location
Wörsbach is located in the North Palatinate Uplands . The district road 28 runs through the village. Every hour a bus from the Rhein-Neckar transport association connects the village with the neighboring villages.
The place is named after the small Wörsbach , a tributary of the Odenbach .
history
The place was of no importance until the Middle Ages , even if indications of a settlement on the basis of some barrows , probably from the Iron Age , in the west and south of the place cannot be excluded. Isolated finds of Roman coins suggest a possible traffic route in late Roman times, probably in the direction of the Heidenburg in today's neighboring town .
One of the earliest mentions of the place can be found in a decree from 1344, in which the village was transferred from the Lords of Randeck to their liege, the wild count Friedrich von Kyrburg.
In the course of the following centuries the area of the Schallodenbach rulership with the village of the same name and the places Heimkirchen, Schneckenhausen, Wörsbach and Heiligenmoschel was administered by the Lords of Odenbach. At the beginning of the 17th century it was bought and married to the Lords of Sickingen , with whom it remained until the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century.
The place was and is predominantly Protestant. Therefore, in 1902, on the initiative of the citizens, a bell tower made of sandstone blocks was built in the town center .
In 1939 the place had a total of 380 inhabitants. Today that number is just under 300.
On June 7, 1969, the previously independent communities Heimkirchen, Morbach, Niederkirchen and Wörsbach became the new local community of Niederkirchen.
Place name
The following list gives the names of the place to be found in the sources and their respective years.
- Wuiresbach (1344 and 1434)
- Wirspach (1441)
- Wirschbach (1564)
- Würßbach (1665)
- Wirsbach (1666 and 1722)
- Wörschbach (1828)
- Wörsbach (1837)
politics
Local advisory board
The district of Wörsbach is designated as a local district . The local advisory board consists of seven advisory board members, the chair of the local advisory board is chaired by the directly elected mayor .
In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board was elected in a personalized proportional representation.
The distribution of seats in the local advisory board:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FWG | total |
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| 2019 | 4th | - | 3 | 7 seats |
| 2014 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 7 seats |
| 2009 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 7 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group Niederkirchen e. V.
Mayor
Mayor is Holger Rabe (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 63.51% of the vote.
coat of arms
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Blazon : "2 red lilies on a white background, separated by a green wavy bar, 5 silver balls on a black background." |
| Reasons for the coat of arms: colors are chosen arbitrarily. Based on the coat of arms of Schallodenbach. The silver balls refer to the rule of the Sickingers. |
Attractions
In the list of cultural monuments in Niederkirchen (West Palatinate) four individual monuments are listed for Wörsbach .
Others
- A small, private fossil museum can be visited in Wörsbach .
- The 1st Boule Club Niederkirchen 04 e. V. operated its own boules pitch on the edge of the village from 2004 to 2015 .
- In February 2010 the “Kulturverein Wörsbach e. V. “founded. The aim of the association is to strengthen the community of the residents of the village through events such as the village festival, support in carrying out the kerwe , as well as other cultural events.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 153 (PDF; 3 MB).
- ↑ August Heintz: The Bavarian Palatinate under the Romans, A contribution to the determination of the Roman topography of the left bank of the Rhine. With an overview map. , Kaiserslautern 1865, p. 94. Digital version
- ^ Wili Alter: Palatinate Atlas. , Speyer 1963–1976, map 17.
- ^ W. Fabricius: The high court on the heath. In: West German magazine for history and art. Trier 1905, Volume 24, p. 131 ( digital version ).
- ^ Historical Association, Kaiserslautern district group
- ↑ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (Ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - District of Kaiserslautern. Mainz 2019, p. 20 (PDF; 5.4 MB).
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. kaiserslautern.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 174 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
- ↑ after: Kurt Reh u. a .: District of Kaiserslautern , Bonn 1968, p. 400.
- ↑ Local community Niederkirchen: main statute. (PDF) § 2 and 3 December 18, 2014, accessed on October 27, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Wörsbach. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Board Election 2014 Wörsbach. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Otterbach-Otterberg, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of results. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Kulturverein Wörsbach e. V.
