Althornbach

Althornbach is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Zweibrücken -Land.

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Geography

Althornbach lies in the Palatinate region, on the edge of Zweibrücker hill country in Hornbachtal. To Althornbach includes the hamlet Bödingerhof and residential places Buchholzbergerhof and Hübelhof.

Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Two bridges, Contwig, Mauschbach, Hornbach and Blieskastel.

History

Althornbach was first mentioned in 1272 as a veterinary Horbaco documented, the Bödingerhof 1331 as Bedingheim. The places followed in their territorial affiliation always Zweibrücken. Bödingen declined in the 16th century to a courtyard down, then lay desolate to 1670 and was later repopulated.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Althornbach consists of twelve 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.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In gold on green ground right next to each other a deciduous tree, left a red lion ".

It was awarded by the district government Rheinhessen-Pfalz 1968.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Althornbach is located on the B 424 to A 8 is 5 km away. The former Hornbach train is shut down, on the route of the bicycle route.

To the Zweibrücken 10 km to Saarbrücken Airport 38 kilometers by car.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Willi Schmidt ( born 1934 ), member of the Landtag of Rhineland- Palatinate ( 1979-1996 ); Honorary citizen of Althornbach since 1997
  • Hans Beckmann ( * 1959), politician ( SPD)
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