Bechhofen, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Regular events

Geography

The village lies at the foot of the Sickinger height and is traversed from northeast to southwest from Lambsbach.

History

The place Bechhofen was first mentioned in documents in 1191.

After the administrative and territorial reform in 1972 Bechhofen was annexed by the county Zweibrücken the district Pirmasens, which in turn was renamed Circle Southwest Palatinate in 1997.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Bechhofen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Mayor

Since the local elections in 2009, leads Paul Sefrin (CDU ) the community as mayor.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " From Red and Black by a silver shaft rod split, right three perpendicular golden ears of corn, about a silver clasp helmet, including a silver gear, left rotbezungter and reinforced golden lion ".

It was awarded in 1982 by the District Government of Rheinhessen-Pfalz.

The Spangenhelm is a reference to the 1200 call to end after the place Ritter. The ears and the gear represent the agricultural and industrial branch of industry in the town of Palatine dar. The lion refers to the dukes of Zweibrücken as local lords, the predominant signs in the right half crest colors on its predecessor, the Count of Homburg.

Culture and sights

Structures

See list of cultural monuments in Bechhofen

Regular events

  • Village Festival on the 2nd weekend in July
  • Sports Day on the 1st weekend in August
  • Fair on the 2nd weekend in October
  • Christmas market on the first weekend of Advent

Traffic

Bechhofen is right on the road L 463 The nearby A6 motorway (E 50) is reached via the junction forest Mohr is 4.5 km away.

The nearest train station with IC / EC Maintenance is in Homburg, 7 km away.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jacob Pirro (1899-1962), politician ( NSDAP)
  • Thomas Dooley ( born 1961 ), German -American football player, German champion and cup winner with the 1st FC Kaiserslautern, UEFA Cup winner with FC Schalke 04, 81 caps for the United States. For his birthplace Bechhofen he played in the youth and as an active player until 1979.
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