Dudenhofen (Verbandsgemeinde)

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The community association Dudenhofen is an administrative unit in the form of a local authority in the Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. The municipality consists of three independent local churches, the council is based in the eponymous municipality Dudenhofen. It is located in the front Palatinate and was formed in 1971 as part of the first Rhineland -Palatinate administrative and territorial reform.

Association members of communities

(Population at 31 December 2012)

Demographics

The development of the population based on the territory of the present municipality Dudenhofen; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Association of municipal

The association council Dudenhofen consists of 28 volunteer council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the federation council:

Mayor

The full-time mayor of the municipality is directly elected for eight years. Since 2009, officiated Peter Eberhard ( CDU).

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In the silver shield board divided by wavy lines, above in blue, on the right a silver cross, whose arm is extended and drawn out to form stylized crookedness rechtshin, left also silver cross, whose arm ends in a horizontal crescent moon, down from silver and blue split, in a lily in changing tincture ".

The Coat of Arms was established in 1983 approved by the district government. It contains the main elements of the coat of arms of the three local churches, the cross with the crescent of Hanhofen, next to the cross of Dudenhofen and down the lily of hard living. The colors blue and silver refer to the Bishopric of Speyer, which included all three places long.

Partnerships

Since October 1992 there has been a partnership with the Saxon town Oberlungwitz.