Dudenhofen

Dudenhofen is a municipality in the Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality to the next Dudenhofen the local churches Hanhofen and Harthausen belong. Dudenhofen is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 5.1 authorities
  • 5.2 Sports
  • 6.1 sons and daughters of the community
  • 6.2 personalities who have worked on site

Geography

Dudenhofen lies in the Palatinate region.

To Dudenhofen includes the residential places Atzelhof, falconry, Ruppertsäckerhof, forest house and garden Twelve man.

History

1156 Dudenhofen is first mentioned in a charter of Frederick Barbarossa in the spelling of " tooting Hoven ". Since 1392 the present notation is demonstrated. Finds in the district Duden Hofens prove settlement remains from the Roman period and the time of the Frankish conquest, so that the foundation of the settlement at the time of written mention certainly lagged several centuries. The grave goods of a Frankish cup fall is attributed to the 8th century AD.

974 by Emperor Otto II the jurisdiction of the towns of Speyergaus to which the settlement is to be expected due to their proximity to the city of Speyer, subordinate to the Diocese of Speyer. Until the dissolution of the existing power relations in 1797 by connecting it to the French Republic Dudenhofen belonged to the Bishopric of Speyer. However, this affiliation was not always without controversy, since its political independence in 1294 claimed the city of Speyer sovereignty over Dudenhofen, but never tried to enforce this claim.

After the French domination Dudenhofen belonged to the district office in Speyer " Bavarian Rhine Kreis ", emerged from the after the Second World War the county Speyer, which was dissolved in 1969 and the district of Ludwigshafen, today Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis connected.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Dudenhofen consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Mayor

The honorary mayor is directly elected for five years. Since 2009, officiated Peter Eberhard ( CDU).

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Azure, a silver cross, the upper arm is extended and drawn out to a stylized crookedness rechtshin ".

It was established in 1962 approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Interior and goes back to a court seal from 1744., But that was "bent Creutz " already used in 1715 on Duden Hofener landmarks.

Previously, the coat of arms was introduced in 1845, but with the arbitrary specified colors black and silver. As the place long belonged to the Bishopric of Speyer, now the colors silver and blue were chosen. The flag is quartered blue and white.

Culture and sights

See also: List of cultural monuments in Dudenhofen

Economy and infrastructure

Authorities

As the seat of the municipality Dudenhofen home to their management.

Sports

Dudenhofen is known for its cycle track, called the "bathtub " known.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the community

  • Gerhard L. Bach ( * 1934), rheumatologist, a former lecturer at the Ludwig- Maximilians- University of Munich
  • Lömsch Le Mans (born 1966 ), jazz musician
  • Benjamin Wittmann ( * 1987), racing cyclist

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Werner Adler ( born 1946 ), former Bundesliga football players, was coach of the FV Dudenhofen.
  • Jurgen Creutz (b. 1945), politician, 35 years as a member of the municipal council Dudenhofen and Member of the European Parliament.
  • Edward Duyker ( b. 1955 ), Australian writer and historian. Wrote in his biography François Péron about the cast Duden Hofens in 1793.
  • Jan van Eijden (born 1976 ), former racing cyclist, Olympic starter in Sydney 2000, coach of the British Track Cycling team. He started as a player for the RV 08 Dudenhofen.
  • Isidor Markus Emanuel (1905-1991), Catholic theologian, Bishop of Speyer, Kaplan was in Dudenhofen.
  • Georg Gölter (* 1938), politician, former Minister of Culture of Rhineland -Palatinate, lives in Dudenhofen.
  • Uli Gsell (born 1967 ), sculptor with work on the Sculpture Trail in Dudenhofen.
  • Clemens grains (* 1959), politician, former mayor Duden Hofens Association, District of Rhein-Pfalz -Kreis.
  • John Kriebitzsch (1857-1938), a glass painter, designed the windows of St. Gangolf in Dudenhofen.
  • Nauerz Theodor (1909-2007), Catholic theologian, Nazi persecution, Kaplan was in Dudenhofen.
  • John Pfeiffer (1886-1965), Catholic theologian, professor at the University of Santiago de Chile, was previously a pastor in Dudenhofen.
  • Paul Schadler (* 1930), politician, former district administrator and district president of Rheinhessen-Pfalz, lives in Dudenhofen
  • Michael Scheurer ( born 1975 ), former racing cyclist, German champion, started for the RV 08 Dudenhofen.
  • Olaf Narrows (born 1969 ), former Bundesliga football players, was youth coach at FV Dudenhofen.
  • Niels Schlotterbeck (born 1967 ), former Bundesliga football players, was a player coach for the FV Dudenhofen.
  • Werner Schramm (1933-2004), Protestant theologian, church leader of the Protestant State Church of the Palatinate, died in Dudenhofen.
  • Nicholas Catholic Weis (1796-1869) theologian, Bishop of Speyer, was a pastor in Dudenhofen.
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