Walsheim

This article describes the community of Walsheim . For the district of Gersheim of the same name, see Walsheim (Gersheim) .

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 14 '  N , 8 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Southern Wine Route
Association municipality :	Landau country
Height :	171 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.15 km 2
Residents:	579 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	112 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76833
Area code :	06341
License plate :	SOUTH
Community key :	07 3 37 082
Association administration address:	To 44 No. 31 76829 Landau in the Palatinate
Website :	walsheim.com
Local Mayor :	Jörg Keller
Location of the local community of Walsheim in the southern Weinstrasse district

Hainbach within Walsheim

Walsheim is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstrasse district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Landau-Land , which has its administrative seat in the city of Landau in the Palatinate and within which it is the third smallest local municipality in terms of population.

geography

location

Walsheim is in the Weinstrasse region . Neighboring communities are - clockwise - Roschbach , Knöringen , Landau in the Palatinate , Böchingen and Flemlingen . The community also has two exclaves in the Palatinate Forest .

Elevations and waters

The Hainbach flows through the settlement area . In addition, it flows through the eastern exclave in its upper reaches. The one further to the west is on the Eusserbach , which in this area is called Katzenbach . It also includes the southeast flank of the 502.4 meter high Kesselberg .

history

The name Walsheim is mentioned for the first time in 769 according to a document from the Lorsch Monastery with the nearby village of Roschbach . In the Carolingian period (800–911) the place was called Walahesheim. Walsheim once belonged to the bailiff of the old Scharfeneck rule . Over the centuries, however, the village was assigned to different authorities.

First evidence of the church building is documented for the year 1321. In the Thirty Years' War died from hunger and plague the church books, according to the 1622 population 54, 1632 were 56 and in 1633 49 inhabitants to. Until the end of the 18th century Walsheim belonged to the Electoral Palatinate .

The coalition wars brought further unrest . Walsheim was in the run-up to the French fortress Landau (with Nussdorf , Dammheim , Queichheim ) and was therefore always a border area. In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the Schleid hill next to the church. In Edesheim the Prussians were under General Blucher . The church was completely destroyed on June 30, 1794.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Walsheim was incorporated into the canton of Edenkoben and was subordinate to the Mairie Böchingen . In 1815 the municipality of Austria was added. Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1817 he moved to the canton of Landau . From 1818 to 1862 he was a member of the Landau Landau inspectorate ; from this the district office of Landau emerged.

From 1939 the place was part of the Landau district in the Palatinate . After the Second World War , Walsheim became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . During the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform moved Walsheim on June 7, 1969 in the newly created district Landau-Bad Bergzabern, in 1978 in South County Wine Trail is renamed . In 1972 the community was assigned to the newly formed Landau-Land association.

Population development

From 1785 it is reported that 86 families with 288 members were resident in Walsheim. In 1802 there were 395 inhabitants and in 1836 627 inhabitants. In 1815 the community had a total of 508 inhabitants. On December 31, 2014, Walsheim had 592 residents.

politics

Municipal council

town hall

The council in Walsheim 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.

mayor

Jörg Keller became local mayor of Walsheim in July 2017. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with 89.09% of the vote. His predecessor Klaus Degen resigned at the end of March 2017 after 18 years in office for personal reasons.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "With a curved golden tip, inside a floating blue ring, split, on the right in black a red-armored, tongued and crowned golden lion turned to the left, roughened on the left by silver and blue."

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Listed church

There are a total of ten objects on site that are listed buildings, including today's church. The latter was inaugurated on the first Sunday in September 1812, which has remained the day of the Walsheimer Kerwe (parish fair) to this day .

Plate grave

A Franconian plate grave from the 12th to 13th centuries was uncovered at the turn of the century in the Silberberg during clearing work, which was covered by a Roman gravestone. It had a height of 1.86 m and a width of 0.96 m. The representation of a funeral meal can be seen; on the left you can see the feet of a standing figure in front of a lounger. A one-handled vessel stands on the floor, two mugs on a three-legged table, and a larger vessel in between. The inscription reads:

D (is) M (anibus) / eterne quieti (et) erne securit / atis Barbatus Silvester / d (ecurio) C (ivitatis) N (emetum) Arbirius et Silvanus et Silvio (n) i Severo fratres patri carissimo / et Rusticus ne (p) os f (aciendum) c (uraverunt) . (Text: To commemorate Barbatus Silvester, the Speyer councilor, erected by the brothers Arbirius, Silvanus and Severus, their dear father and cousin Rusticus.)

nature

The only natural monument on site is an ensemble of linden trees on the church .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Vineyard in Walsheim

The community is a wine place . Viticulture was as a result of which began in 1964 and was a study carried out in the course of five sections at intervals of four years and in 1980 completed land consolidation to monoculture become. In the course of the Haingeraide , the place was involved in the so-called second Haardtgeraide - alternatively called Mittel-Haingeraide - which was dissolved in the early modern period and which was partially subordinated to the community. The Heinz Pfaffmann winery is one of the largest private wineries in Germany.

traffic

The community is connected to the local transport network via bus route 501 of the Rhein-Neckar transport association, which leads to Landau and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse.

Facilities

Public facilities such as the cemetery, fire station with forecourt, bus stop, Walsheimer hut and library are in the care of the local community. In 1987 the local community opened up the “Litscheäcker” development area and, in the meantime, redesigned the bus turning area with green spaces as part of the village development plan. In the 1993 budget, the municipality took into account the expansion of a festival area at the sports field including the renewal of the front surfaces on the south and west side of the sports hall. TSV Walsheim's own work created the sports hall, which has always remained the property of the community and is available to all local associations and the community for cultural events as a village community center .

Construction land was developed in the Hochstücks and north of the L 513. After the sewer system had been completed, the municipal roads were expanded with sidewalks (completed in 1982). Hygienic progress was the expansion of the Hainbach in the local area with water paving. The "Walsheimer Group" ensures the water supply; disposal takes place in the communal sewage treatment plant in Hochstadt. The primary and secondary schools are assigned to the special school associations Nussdorf and Landau . The small children are looked after in the kindergarten of the Walsheim-Knöringen association.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1999: Walter Heil (* August 16, 1922; † February 12, 2017), former mayor, awarded for his commitment during his time as local mayor of Walsheim.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Oswald Damian (1889–1978), pastor

Personalities who have worked on site

• Franz Xaver Schädler (1852–1913), pastor of Walsheim from 1881/82, later cathedral chapter in Bamberg, member of the center in the Bavarian state parliament and in the German Reichstag, there until 1913 deputy parliamentary group chairman.

Web links

Commons : Walsheim  - Collection of Images

• Local community Walsheim
• Literature about Walsheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ↑ Steffen Gall: Idyll with connection. Two questions - two answers: Jörg Keller. Die Rheinpfalz, July 28, 2017, accessed on April 11, 2020 . 
4. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Landau-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved April 11, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Mike Junker: Walsheim's local mayor Klaus Degen resigns after 18 years. Die Rheinpfalz, March 15, 2017, accessed on April 11, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Entry at 100prozent-pfalz.de
7. ^ Obituary: Hail a veteran in Landau-Land. In: The Rhine Palatinate . February 14, 2017, accessed April 5, 2019 .