Krottelbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Upper Glantal
Height :	260 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.56 km 2
Residents:	641 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	115 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66909
Area code :	06386
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 054
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 8 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg
Website :	www.krottelbach.de
Local Mayor :	Karlheinz Finkbohner ( SPD )
Location of the local community Krottelbach in the Kusel district

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

geography

Krottelbach is located in the West Palatinate near the border with Saarland . There are seven marked hiking trails in the nearby forest.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Krottelbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	GfK	WGR	total
2019	5	3	2	2	12 seats
2014	4th	4th	4th	-	12 seats
2009	2	5	5	-	12 seats
2004	5	-	7th	-	12 seats

• GfK = WG together for Krottelbach e. V.

mayor

Karlheinz Finkbohner (SPD) was confirmed in his office for another five years in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with a share of 75.69% of the vote.

Events

• Cap meetings (on the Saturday before Mardi Gras and on Mardi Gras Saturday in the sports center)
• Rose Monday parade
• Fire brigade festival
• Village festival (third weekend in August)
• Kerwe (last weekend in October)
• Martin's parade
• Sports festival
• May celebration

Economy and Infrastructure

The Hoher Fels hiking home

There is a village community center in Krottelbach. There is also the much-visited Hoher Fels hiking home run by the Palatinate Forest Association , it is located a little outside in the forest and is connected to the hiking trails.

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 Krottelbach

literature

• Literature about Krottelbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Krottelbach  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Krottelbach
• Local community Krottelbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal

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. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Oberes Glantal, Verbandsgemeinde, 13th line of results. Retrieved May 6, 2020 .