Wurzweiler

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	North Palatinate Country
Height :	282 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.32 km 2
Residents:	206 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	89 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67808
Area code :	06361
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 084
Association administration address:	Bezirksamtsstrasse 7 ; 67806 Rockenhausen
Website :	www.rockenhausen.de
Local Mayor :	Uwe Pfeiffer
Location of the local community of Würzweiler in the Donnersbergkreis

The Würzweiler community center

Würzweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Nordpfälzer Land , within which it is the third smallest local community in terms of area.

geography

The place is located on the Appelbach in the North Palatinate Uplands northwest of the Donnersberg between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach and belongs to the western Donnersbergrandhöhen natural unit . North of the settlement area, the Appelbach joins the Tiefenbach from the right . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Gerbach , Ruppertsecken , Rockenhausen and Dielkirchen .

history

The place was first mentioned as Wercewilre . The Barons Kerpen ruled the place until the end of the 18th century .

After the French Revolution , when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , the municipality was incorporated into the canton of Rockenhausen and the Donnersberg department . As a result of the Congress of Vienna , the place belonged again to Austria in 1815 . A year later it was slammed into Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 Würzweiler was part of the Kirchheim Land Commissioner , which was then converted into a district office. On December 1, 1900, the community moved to the newly created district office Rockenhausen

From 1939 the place was part of the district of Rockenhausen . After the Second World War , Würzweiler was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946. In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the community moved to the newly created Donnersbergkreis. In 1972 it was added to the newly formed community of Rockenhausen . Würzweiler has been part of the Nordpfälzer Land association since 2020 .

population

Population development

Since the turn of the millennium, the population has remained relatively stable at around 200.

religion

The Catholics belong to the Diocese of Speyer and are subordinate to the Donnersberg deanery , the Evangelicals to the Protestant Church of the Palatinate .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Würzweiler consists of six council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

Local mayor

Local mayor is Uwe Pfeiffer. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected in office with 82.84 percent of the vote. His predecessor was Hermann Müller.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Above a shield base split by black and gold, split by silver and red; on the right a red serrated bar, above it two red lilies, underneath a green hop vine, on the left a golden crown of a helmet surmounted by three silver clips arranged diagonally to the right with an upright needle. "

Cultural monuments

Listed bell tower

The Jewish cemetery is designated as a monument zone . There are also two individual objects that are under monument protection .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

State road 400 , which leads from Rockenhausen to Wöllstein, runs right through Würzweiler . In the middle of the settlement area, the state road 402 branches off from this , which leads to Marienthal . The B 48 runs to the west . There is a connection to long-distance traffic via the A 63 in the southeast.

Local traffic was organized in the West Palatinate Transport Association (WVV) from 2000 , which has been fully integrated into the Rhein-Neckar Transport Association (VRN) since summer 2006 . In Rockenhausen there is a train station for the Alsenz Valley Railway . The 914 bus operated by Behles Bus leads to this from Würzweiler and runs north to Alsenz .

tourism

The Appelbach Cycle Path and the Palatinate High Trail also lead through Würzweiler .

Sons and daughters of the church

Jakob Jahn (1897–1976), politician (CDU)

literature

Literature about Würzweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Würzweiler - Collection of images

Local community Würzweiler on the pages of the Rockenhausen Association

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Würzweiler. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Nordpfälzer Land, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh from last line of results Retrieved August 25, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).