Dunzweiler

Dunzweiler is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality forest Mohr.

Geography

The place is in Kusel Musicians country on the border of Saarland. To the northwest Breitenbach, in the east Schoenberg Kübelberg with his district Schmittweiler, in the southeast forest Mohr and west is Lautenbach ( Ottweiler ) is located.

History

1247 Dunzweiler was first mentioned. In 1487 it burned down to the ground and was not rebuilt until 80 years later. This is evident from an unknown church register entry of the Diocese of Speyer in 1753. Further investigation of this source suggest that Dunzweiler was afflicted by local riots during the Inquisition in the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken Heinrich Kramer the place.

Policy

Parish council

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

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Because of the population decline, the number of seats was reduced in 2004 in the City Council from 16 to 12

Mayor

Mayor is Volker Korst ( CDU).

Economy and infrastructure

Southeast, there is a junction of the A 6 In Homburg is a station of the railway line Mannheim- Saarbrücken.