Winden, Germersheim
Curling is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kandel.
Winches located in the Rhine valley from the mountains of the Haardt between Karlsruhe and Landau in the Palatinate.
The village has a rural character and is dominated by agriculture in its buildings in the town center. Predominant is the Franconian house and farm construction. In the district of overcoming mature addition to the usual field crops and fruit, vegetables and wine.
- 4.1 Structures
- 4.2 Club Life
- 4.3 Our village is beautiful
History
The place name "Morning Glory " is " In the Willows" attributed to the settlement. This settlement is said to have consisted of three courtyards, one of which Rosenhof to have been the largest.
The first mention of the place in 1194 as " Wineden ". In 1280 John of Scharfeneck appears as the owner of the castle of winds, which was destroyed in 1622 by Croats.
Winds is one of those villages that have been influenced by the Huguenots during the re-colonization of the southern Palatinate after the Thirty Years' War.
The construction of the railway lines Maximiliansau winches, Landau - Wissembourg (both Palatine Maximilian Railway ) and the route winds bath Bergzabern was winds from 1864 to a railway junction.
Religion
2012 were 49.6 percent of the population Protestant and 26.6 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in winds consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Roland Laubach since 1994 mayor of winds.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " From black and silver split, right linkshin border rotbewehrter, bezungter - and - crowned golden lion, left three blue diamonds next to each other ."
It was established in 1951 approved by the Ministry of Interior and Mainz goes back to a community seal from 1789.
Culture and sights
Structures
See: List of cultural monuments in winds
Club Life
Clubs as a glee club, a church choir, a country woman club, a football club, the tennis club winds " Blue-White " 1982 ( established in 1982 ), the sports club SF Germania winds (founded in 1919), the volunteer fire brigade winds that German Scout Association of Saint George trunk " Marco Polo " winds (founded in 1993 ( settlement ), 2001 ( logs) ) and a senior citizens' club provide citizens with a variety of recreational activities.
Our village is beautiful
The very positive overall picture of the local church - the sum of optical, social and community aspects - helped winds in the years 1984, 1985, 1995 and 1997 in the competition " Our village is beautiful - Our village has a future" to first place in the state finals. 1985 winds reached a federal gold medal. 1996 winds was awarded the Prize of the State of Rhineland -Palatinate for " special ecological services in the community."
Traffic
Curling is traditionally an important railway junction. The station is located on the Maximiliansbahn Neustadt on the Wine Route - Wissembourg. In addition, here are branched from the railway line winds -Karlsruhe and the spa line to Bad Bergzabern.
In addition, winds over the federal highway 427 and near the federal highway 65 is attached.
Personalities
- Friederike Becht (* 1986 in Bad Bergzabern ) grew up, actress, in winds