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	Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Upper Glantal
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.64 km 2
Residents:	690 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	149 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66909
Area code :	06384
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 101
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 8 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg
Website :	www.wahnwegen.de
Local Mayor :	René Morgenstern
Location of the local community Wahnwegen in the district of Kusel

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Wahnwegen is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Upper Glantal .

geography

The place is at the foot of the 437 meter high chicken head in the Saubeertal in the West Palatinate .

The Jagdhaus residence is also part of Wahnwegen .

In the north-east is Hüffler , east Quirnbach , southwest Herschweiler-Pettersheim and northwest is Konken .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1477 as Wanwegen .

As part of the Remigiusland, the place initially belonged to the County of Veldenz , and when its male line died out in 1444, it fell to the newly formed County of Pfalz-Zweibrücken , whose further fate Wahnwegen now shared.

The Thirty Years' War hit particularly hard. While 82 inhabitants were recorded in 1609, there were only 15 again in the second half of the century. In the course of the 18th century the numbers increased, by the next turn of the century the population had grown to about 300 people.

From 1801 to 1814 Wahnwegen belonged to France as part of the Saar Department , Arrondissement Birkenfeld , Canton Kusel, Mairie Quirnbach. At the Congress of Vienna , the Palatinate on the left bank of the Rhine fell to Austria in 1815 and to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1816 on the basis of an exchange contract . The place has now been assigned to the Kusel Land Commissioner , Quirnbach Mayor's Office, in the Bavarian Rhine District.

Agriculture shaped the place well into the 20th century, but was gradually pushed back in the previous century. A growing workforce initially found employment in the quarries in the area and in the coal mines and ironworks of the Saarland, while nowadays the majority of the villagers pursue a wide range of activities as commuters.

After the Second World War , Wahnwegen became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place was assigned to the Verbandsgemeinde Glan-Münchweiler in 1972 , which became part of the Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal in 2017 .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Wahnwegen consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. A personalized proportional representation took place in 2014 .

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote		12 seats
2014	5	7th	12 seats
2009	by majority vote		12 seats

mayor

René Morgenstern became the local mayor of Wahnwegen in 2014. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election was carried out by the council in accordance with municipal regulations. Morgenstern unanimously confirmed Morgenstern on July 8, 2019 for another five years in his office.

coat of arms

The coat of arms goes back to a seal from 1747.

Economy and Infrastructure

The A 62 runs in the northeast . In Glan-Münchweiler there is a train station of the Glantalbahn .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Wahnwegen

literature

• Literature about delusional paths in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : delusional paths  - collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Wahnwegen
• Ortgemeinde Wahnwegen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal
• Delusions at regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 156 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Ernst Schworm: Delusional Paths. Surname. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ernst Schworm: Wahnwegen. Outline of the local history. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Ernst Schworm: Delusional Paths. Residents, economy and traffic. In: regionalgeschichte.net. Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz eV, accessed on May 20, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirn-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, 20th line of results. Retrieved May 9, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Reinhard Schmidt: Wahnwegen: Morgenstern tackles it again. Die Rheinpfalz, July 10, 2019, accessed on May 9, 2020 .