Schopp
Schopp is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Kaiserslautern -Süd, which has its headquarters in the city of Kaiserslautern. Schopp is a nationally recognized tourist.
- 5.1 Structures
- 5.2 Sound
- 5.3 Regular events
- 5.4 Sports
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Education
- 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 7.2 People who have worked on site
Geography
The community lies on the edge of the biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest -Vosges du Nord. West of the village flows the Moosalb, which forms the boundary of the municipality to Krickenbach here.
To Schopp includes the residential places Finsterbrunnertal and powder mill.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1345. In the Middle Ages Schopp shelter together with forest Fischbach, Geiselsberg, Schmalenberg and Heltersberg as part of the wood the country Kloster Hornbach. With the secularization of the monastery ( 1557) places came to the Electorate Palatinate.
End of the 18th century came Schopp with the French department Thunder Mountain and belonged to the canton forest Fischbach. As of 1816, the municipality, as the entire Palatinate belonged to the Kingdom of Bavaria and was in the Rhine district ( since 1938 the district since 1862 District Office ) assigned to the country 's Commissariat Pirmasens. 1828 had 186 Protestant and 19 Catholic inhabitants of the village. Through the town conducted a road that Kaiserslautern Bitsch in Lorraine joined and from which the present Federal Road 270 was built. After the Second World War, the city came to the then newly founded state of Rhineland -Palatinate.
The development of the population of Schopp, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Religion
2012 were 50.8 percent of the population Protestant and 28.7 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were. Catholics belong to the diocese of Speyer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church for Protestant Palatinate.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Schopp consists of 16 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:
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " divided by green and gold, above a golden oak branch with two leaves and two acorns on top, right and left, bottom on curved green background a red shed ".
It was founded in 1955 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior.
Culture and sights
Structures
See list of cultural monuments in Schopp
Music
- Gospel Singers Schopp
- Men's Choir " Liederkranz " Schopp
Regular events
- Once in summer and in winter, a fun run is carried out in and around Schopp.
- At Pentecost there is an international cycle race on the velodrome.
Sports
Schopp is on the edge of the Palatinate Forest Mountain Bike Park. The local train station is the starting point of tours of varying difficulty. 1998 and here in 2002 the German Mountain Championship was held.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
At the national road network Schopp is served by the national road 270 ( Fischbach ( in Idar -Oberstein ) Pirmasens ). The railway is the place can be reached via the Biebermühlbahn of Kaiserslautern and Pirmasens. On weekends and public holidays, the community is also served by the night bus Kaiserslautern.
Education
- Schopp has a kindergarten and a primary school.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Paul Maue ( born 1932 ), cyclist
- Herma Kennel (* 1944), writer and painter
- Uta Schellhaaß (* 1944), politician (FDP)
Those who worked on site
- Leo Erb (1923-2012), Painter
- Petra Heid ( b. 1957 ), local mayor