Reipoltskirchen

Reipoltskirchen is a municipality in the western Palatinate district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wolfenstein.

3.1 municipal
3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

The village lies in the valley of Odenbach in the north of the North Palatine hill country. To Reipoltskirchen includes the residential places Ausbacherhof, Ingweilerhof and Karlshof.

History

In the district, which had belonged to the Frankish Nahegau from the year 750, the Franke donated Rich Baldes - possibly as early as the 8th century - a church. Around them formed over the years, a settlement that was named Rich Balde churches, which changed over time to the current name.

The place was first documented in 1198, was the capital and the official residence of the direct imperial rule Reipoltskirchen. These comprised 15 villages and several courtyards, which extended to about 3,000 inhabitants in an area of approximately 100 km ² between Alsenz and Lauter.

Which belongs to the Upper Rhine Reich circle rule Reipoltskirchen remained until their occupation by French revolutionary troops reichsunmittelbar 1792. In 1816 the area with the left bank of the Rhine Palatinate to the Kingdom of Bavaria, after the Second World War, it was part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

1998 celebrated the place with reference to the first documentary mention its 800 - year celebration.

Church History

The rule Reipoltskirchen took in the 16th century to the Lutheran Confessions. From the 17th century, but Catholics settled back in place Reipoltskirchen at what was funded by the French occupying power under Louis XIV and later men, so that reversed the majorities and the church building in Reipoltskirchen came back to the Catholic possession towards the end of the century. The Catholic community was supervised initially by members of the Franciscan monastery in Meis home - also a founding Counter-Reformation France. As the dilapidated church building was completed in 1848 replaced by a new building, the Protestants demanded in place, however, rights of use, suggesting a simultaneous use of the old building. This recatholicization is a specific development of the village Reipoltskirchen and does not affect the rest of the rule. Today, 55% of Catholics are against 40% Protestants.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Reipoltskirchen consists of eight council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In split escutcheon above a silver wheel on a blue ground and below a fallen silver anchor, accompanied by ten silver shingles on a green background ."

It was approved in 1927 by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior. The wheel and the anchor are taken from the coat of arms of the formerly dominant local noble families, the Falk Steinem and High Felsern.

Culture and sights

In the first church, which had donated Rich Baldes, followed by three more in the same place. The most recent building is the 1880 parish church of St. John of Nepomuk, the 35 m high tower was a landmark in the community.

The town has a considerable depth castle, which was first mentioned in 1276. The Wasserburg Reipoltskirchen was the seat of the Lords of Hohenfels, which were a branch line of the Lords of Bolanden. The family died out in 1602. 1628 imperial rule was Reipoltskirchen under the counts of Lewenhaupt - Rasburg and two cousins of the last masters of Hohenfels divided. About half an heiress of the property came to the Counts of Manderscheid, which sold its stake in 1730 to the Counts of Hille home. The other half came after several changes of ownership in 1777 to Caroline to Isenburg and Budingen, eldest daughter of the Elector Palatine.

Below the castle are three plants from the project "Art in the Open ". The landscapes on current topics are particularly well seen from the tower of Wasserburg.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Reipoltskirchen

Sons and daughters of the town

Elias Green Tree (1807-1893), rabbi and Jewish theologian
Emil Heuser (1851-1928), historian and porcelain expert

Pictures

Art in the Open - World Climate Conference in the "old world "

View from the castle towards the south -west

View from the castle towards Kerwe Course ( South)

The village square firehouse and youth club (basement ghosts)

Side view of the parish church

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