Brücken, Kusel

Bridges (Pfalz ) is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Schoenberg Kübelberg.

Geography

The place is in Ohmbachtal in the Western Palatinate. To the north is Ohmbach, northeast Steinbach am Glan and Börsborn, in the south Schoenberg Kübelberg and west is Dittweiler.

Parish council

The council consists of 16 bridges in council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Economy and infrastructure

Bridges was the economic center of the Palatine diamond cutter craft before the Second World War. The diamond cutter Museum in bridges are original work from different times and regrinds of the 35 largest and most important diamonds in the world. Outside the museum there is a statue of a diamond cutter, designed by the sculptor Peter Lustadter Brauchle.

Traffic

The place is connected by the federal highway 423 ( Mandelbachtal - Altenglan ) to the inter-regional traffic. To the south is the A 6, A 62 northeast the In Glan- Münchweiler is a railway station of Glantalbahn.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • August Spies (1893-1972), politician ( CDU)
  • Marcella Berger (born 1954 ), author
Municipal council Adenbach Albessen Altenkirchen, Kusel Aschbach, Rhineland-Palatinate Bedesbach Blaubach Bosenbach Breitenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate Buborn Cronenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Deimberg Dennweiler-Frohnbach Dunzweiler Ehweiler Elzweiler Erdesbach Etschberg Frohnhofen Ginsweiler Gries, Germany Grumbach Hausweiler Heinzenhausen Henschtal Herchweiler Herren-Sulzbach Herschweiler-Pettersheim Hinzweiler Homberg, Kusel Horschbach Jettenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate Kappeln, Rhineland-Palatinate Kirrweiler, Kusel Konken Krottelbach Langenbach, Kusel Langweiler, Kusel Lauterecken Lohnweiler Medard Merzweiler Nanzdietschweiler Nerzweiler Neunkirchen am Potzberg Niederalben Niederstaufenbach Oberalben Oberstaufenbach Oberweiler im Tal Oberweiler-Tiefenbach Odenbach Offenbach-Hundheim Pfeffelbach Rammelsbach Rathsweiler Reichweiler Relsberg Rothselberg Ruthweiler Rutsweiler am Glan Rutsweiler an der Lauter Sankt Julian Schellweiler Selchenbach Ulmet, Germany Unterjeckenbach Wahnwegen Welchweiler Wiesweiler Wolfstein, Rhineland-Palatinate
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