Waldfischbach-Burgalben
Forest Fischbach Castle albums is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It is the seat of the homonymous municipality, to which it belongs too, and the largest municipality of the district of Southwest Palatinate region, which does not have a town. Forest Fischbach Castle albums is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.
- 2.1 Forest Fischbach
- 2.2 castle albums
- 2.3 Religion
- 2.4 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor of Forest Fischbach Castle albums
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 community partnerships
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 authorities
- 5.3 schools
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 6.2 personalities who worked in the community
Geography
Location
Forest Fischbach Castle albums lies in the Palatinate Forest, a part of the Palatinate region, between the cities of Kaiserslautern and Pirmasens. Through Forest Fischbach Castle albums these two streams Schwarzenbach and Moosalb.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are Clausen, Donsieders, Geiselsberg, Heltersberg Hermersberg, Höheinöd, and Steinalben.
Districts
- Forest Fischbach, first mentioned in the year 1182nd
- Castle albums, first mentioned in the year 1152.
History
Forest Fischbach Castle albums was formed on June 7, 1969 the formerly independent communities castle albums with his time 2019 inhabitants and forest Fischbach new with 4336 inhabitants.
Waldfischbach
Forest Fischbach 1182 mentioned as Vispach. After the Thirty Years' War it was extinct and later a minor agricultural center. It told the story of the wood country.
After connecting the Palatinate to France due to the spread of the French Revolution was Waldfischbach seat of a canton with 21 municipalities. Even under the subsequent Bavarian administration remained the status as cantonal capital initially receive and forest Fischbach developed into an economic sub- center. In the administrative reform in 1972, this status was confirmed by forest Fischbach Castle albums was the seat of the municipal administration.
Castle albums
1152 Castle Alba was mentioned. It was partly with Pirmasens Hesse -Darmstadt. After the death of Landgrave Ludwig in 1790 Burgalben lost many residents due to the dissolution of the enteric urban garrison. Beginning of the 19th century castle albums to a place of pictures dealers covered with images of saints and other naive art by Germany. When this brought no more, flourished on the basket-making, so that even Foreign Korbmacher moved their residence to the castle albums.
Religion
2012 were 42.2 percent of the population Protestant and 41.0 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.
Population Development
The development of the inhabitants of the forest Fischbach Castle albums based on the present-day municipality; the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in forest Fischbach Castle albums consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.
Mayor of Forest Fischbach Castle albums
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " From Black and Gold split, right left inverted upright silver fish, left rotbewehrter and bezungter red lion ".
It was approved in 1980 by the District Government Neustadt and shows the lion of the county two bridges from the old coat of arms of castle albums and persuasive fish from the former coat of arms of the forest Fischbach.
Waldfischbach
Forest Fischbach Castle albums
Community partnerships
A partnership exists with the French town of Carentan in the department of Manche in Normandy.
Culture and sights
- Historic Fortified Church albums - A church in castle albums was first mentioned in 1197. The (now Protestant ) Church still has a solid brick tower with mounted sundial, which comes from the Romanesque, St. Adelfus consecrated building. The nave dates from 1740.
- Churches in Forest Fischbach - The two churches of forest Fischbach come from recently. The evangelical church is a neoromanischer hall building of 1849-1854. The Catholic parish church of St. Joseph is a three-aisled basilica with two towers and choir rotunda. It was designed by Wilhelm Schulte II in a Neo-Romanesque forms.
- Maria Rosenberg - The former Marian pilgrimage church of Maria Rosenberg in Burg albums going back to its core to the 12th century. The original Romanesque Kapellenbau is extended by a choir from the 13th century nave and two additional axes from the 15th century. A new pilgrimage church with founders house was built in the years 1901-1912.
- Heritage Museum - The museum of local history since 1987 shows typical rural tools of the Palatinate forest (for example, cabbage and cabbage slicers Reaper ), a kitchen, a bedroom and a living room and a complete village pharmacy. Another issue is the shoe production in the years 1920 until 1960. The so-called Heidelburg room finds are issued by the destroyed late Roman Heidelburg.
- Heidelburg - The Heidelburg was built in accordance with suspected coin finds on site before 350 AD as a defense; possibly preceded by an older Celtic system. After various finds ( grave inscription and plate ) is the oldest indication of forest administration in late antiquity on Germanic soil. From the largely destroyed plant only remnants of the city walls and the gatehouse of large sandstone blocks are left.
See also:
- List of cultural monuments in Forest Fischbach Castle albums
- List of natural monuments in Forest Fischbach Castle albums
Recreation and Sports
- Marked trails à 10-15 km integrate the forests, valleys, red sandstone rock formations and other natural sites around forest Fischbach Castle albums as well as former mills and neighboring communities. Example, run the Schwarzbach, Galgenbergwald (viewpoint with cliff ) and Heidelburg, the Klappertal and Moschelmühle, for Hundsweihersägemühle and Clausensee, after Biebermühle, for flintlock and pointed rock, for Geiselsberg and natural monument Luitpold Linde.
- An 18- hole golf course located on the northern edge of the village.
- The Clausensee is a lake where fishing is also possible.
- Tennis and equestrian facilities and an indoor pool are available.
- Forest Fischbach Castle albums is the starting point for the Tour 2 (48 km, height 833 meters) from the mountain bike park Palatinate Forest.
Traffic
Forest Fischbach Castle albums is connected via the federal highway 270 (Kaiserslautern - Pirmasens ) to the national road network. The Biebermühlbahn (Kaiserslautern - Pirmasens ) connects the place to the rail network.
Authorities
As the seat of the municipality of the same forest Fischbach Castle albums hosts its management.
Train
- Max Wittmann -Realschule (Soon IGS)
- Community College Forest Fischbach Castle albums
- Secondary school forest Fischbach Castle albums (Soon IGS)
- Primary forest Fischbach Castle albums
- Jacob Reeb School: Special Education with a focus on social-emotional development
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Albert Zapf (1870-1940), German politician and industrialist, a member of parliament and chairman of the Supervisory Board of Südzucker AG
- Albert Zwick (1890-1958), German statistician and political scientist
- Gerd Hornberger (1910-1988), Athlete
Personalities who worked in the community
- Karl Foltz (1865-1961) was prelate and longtime Catholic. Local pastor. He founded and built the parish church of St. Joseph; according to him is the " prelate - Foltz Street " named.