Oberweiler im Tal
Upper hamlet in the valley is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wolfenstein. In the south of the district border to Eßweiler lies and the ruins of the castle in 1300 Sprengel.
Geography
The place is in Talbachtal between the Königsberg (East ), the Born mountain ( in the southwest ) and the Herrmann Mountain ( in the west) in the North Palatine Uplands. To the north is Hinzweiler and south is Eßweiler.
History
Upper Hamlet was first documented in 1290. The place belonged to the administrative complex Eßweiler valley. By 1300, the Sprengel castle was built in the south on a spur of the mountain king. Lords were the Knights of Mülenstein, vassals of the game count.
The Knights of Mülenstein included the courtyard Neideck, which was first mentioned in 1400 as a yard to Nydeckin. It should be located in Bornberg between Graulsdell and Zährenberg. 1595 the farm was no longer farmed, according to Johannes Hofmann and disintegrate. In a map of 1843 Neideck was (perhaps after the Count of scratch Scharfstein, successor to the Mülensteiner in managing the Eßweiler valley ) registered as Kratzerhof, north of it a bath paddock. Maybe this Hofgut was attached a fortress-like.
1595 came top hamlet with the entire Eßweiler valley to the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken. 1755 moved back to the wild count. After 1792 the so-called left bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops and incorporated the region in the French Republic. From 1798 to 1814 Upper hamlet belonged to the canton of Wolfenstein in the Département du Mont- Tonnerre ( Thunder Mountain ). From 1816 to the end of the First World War, the Kingdom of Bavaria, then to the Free State of Bavaria. Since 1946 Upper hamlet in the valley belongs to Rhineland- Palatinate. With the formation of the community association Wolfenstein January 1, 1972, the Commissioner for Upper hamlet in the valley mayoralty Eßweiler was dissolved.
Between 1700 and 1789 mercury was mined in the district.
In the year 1609 135 inhabitants were counted in Upper Hamlet, in 1802 there were 229
The further development of the population of the municipality of Upper hamlet in the valley, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Upper hamlet consists of six council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Coat of arms
The blazon is: "Under gold red zigzag sign head in gold, on a growing red Zinnenburg with red crenellated tower a red scourge ."
The Coat of Arms was established in 1983 approved by the district government of Rheinhessen-Pfalz.
Economy and infrastructure
Through the village leads the road L 372 In the east the main road runs 270 on the Reckweilerhof is the nearest railway station of Lauterbrunnen Valley Railway.