Weitersweiler

The title of this article is ambiguous. Weiterweiler is also the German name of the French community of Weiterswiller in Lower Alsace.

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '  N , 8 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Donnersbergkreis
Association municipality :	Goellheim
Height :	232 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.52 km 2
Residents:	490 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	108 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	67808
Area code :	06357
License plate :	KIB, ROK
Community key :	07 3 33 081
Association administration address:	Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse 1–3 67307 Göllheim
Website :	www.gemeinde-weitersweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Thomas Busch
Location of the community of Weitersweiler in the Donnersbergkreis

Weitersweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Göllheim community .

geography

The municipality through which the Häferbach flows is located north of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park and east of the Donnersberg , between Kaiserslautern and Worms . Bennhausen is in the northwest , Jakobsweiler in the west and Dreisen in the southeast . 81% of the district area is used for agriculture.

history

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History before 1410 and after 1792

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From 1410 to 1792 Weitersweiler was divided by the Häferbach as a border. The northern part belonged mainly to the rule Wambold von Umstadt . The part south of the Häferbach was last under the rule of the princes of Nassau-Weilburg .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor is Thomas Busch. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 80.69% of the vote. He is the successor to Armin Göbel, who no longer ran.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In red, Saint Bartholomew in a silver robe with a blue cloak, beard, head hair and gold nimbus, a flaming knife in his right hand and a shield in his left hand, which is divided by black and silver with three spindles in mixed up tinctures. "

Culture and sights

• The West Palatinate hiking trail and two hiking trails run by the Palatinate Forest Association lead across the Weitersweiler area .
• The Jewish cemetery east of Weitersweiler is a protected cultural monument . 21 tombstones from the period from 1772 to 1917 have been preserved.
• In the Catholic parish church of St. Bartholomew, built between 1876 and 1880, which characterizes the townscape, Protestant services are also held regularly.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Weitersweiler
• List of natural monuments in Weitersweiler

Economy and Infrastructure

The L 497 runs through the village . There is a direct connection to the A 63 to the south-east 1 km away .

Personalities

• Gregor Köhler (1733–1819), Benedictine priest and theologian

literature

• Literature about Weitersweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Weitersweiler  - Collection of images

• Website of the community of Weitersweiler
• Local community Weitersweiler on the website of the Göllheim Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Community of Weitersweiler: Information board . Retrieved June 7, 2020 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Weitersweiler. Accessed August 31, 2019 . 
4. ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Göllheim, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Accessed August 31, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Rheinpfalz: Constituent municipal council meeting 2019 Weitersweiler. August 25, 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 . 
6. ↑ A lot of commitment on the degree of longitude - Donnersbergkreis. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .