Barbelroth
Barbelroth is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Bergzabern.
- 5.1 Structures
- 5.2 Regular events
Geography
The rural residential community located 5 km east of Bad Bergzabern towards Karlsruhe between the biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest and the Rhine. The main activities are the wine and tobacco.
To Barbelroth includes the living space Neumühlestrasse.
History
Barbelroth was first mentioned on April 6, 1179 as the property of the monastery White Castle documented. An old form of the place name is Berwardsroth.
By the end of the 18th century Barbelroth belonged to the upper office Zweibrücken in the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken.
Religion
On 31 December 2012, 56.3 percent of the population Protestant and 27.1 percent were Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Barbelroth consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " In left diagonal split sign up right in black an upward border, left inverted, rotbewehrter, bezungter - and - crowned golden lion, bottom left of silver and blue riveted ".
It was approved in 1982 by the district government Neustadt and goes back to a seal from the year 1586th
Culture and sights
Structures
- Monumental half-timbered houses
- See also list of cultural monuments in Barbelroth
Regular events
- Kerwe 2nd Sunday in September
Economy and infrastructure
- Barbelroth has at the railway winds bath Bergzabern one stop on the P R car park.