Bayerfeld-Steckweiler

Bayerfeld - Steckweiler is a municipality in the thunder mountain in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rockhausen.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Viticulture
  • 4.2 traffic

Geography

The place is in Alsenz Valley in the north- Palatinate mountains northwest of Mount Thunder between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach. Steckweiler is the smaller of the two districts and is located approximately six kilometers from Rockhausen away.

At Bayer field Steckweiler includes the residential places Bremricherhof, narrow Felderhof and Stolzenbergerhof and part of the hamlet of new construction.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 574 mm. Rainfall is low. They are located in the lower quarter of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 16% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is January, most precipitation falls in June. In June, falling 1.7 times more precipitation than in January. Precipitation varies little and are very evenly distributed throughout the year. At only 7% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

The Catholic Church was built in 1767. After the French Revolution, the town was incorporated into the French department Thunder Mountain. As a result of the Vienna Congress, he was from 1816 to 1945 Bavarian. After the Second World War, in which the place was very affected, Bayerfeld - Steckweiler was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed 1946 State of Rhineland -Palatinate.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Bayerfeld - Steckweiler consists of eight 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

Blazon: Split of gold and red; right, a black and red red bezungter reinforced lion surmounted by a sechsspeichigen wheel, left a golden castle with a tower surmounted by a golden bezinnten grape.

Economy and infrastructure

Viniculture

On the slopes of Alsenz for centuries wine production. In previous years, this was one of the main sources of income. On the steep slopes predominantly white wine is grown. The few remaining wineries belong to the Nahe region.

Traffic

Through the village leads the federal highway 48 via connection point Winnweiler the federal motorway 63 in the southeast is connected to the long-distance transport. In Rockhausen is a railway station of Alsenztalbahn.

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