Edenkoben (Verbandsgemeinde)

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The community association Edenkoben is an administrative unit in the form of a local authority in the district of Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. The municipality includes the town Edenkoben and 15 independent local churches, the council is based in the eponymous town Edenkoben.

Association members of communities

(Population at 31 December 2012)

History

The community association Edenkoben was from projects launched in the 1960s, Rhineland-Palatinate territorial and administrative reform on the basis of the " Thirteenth state law on administrative simplification in the land of Rhineland -Palatinate " dated 1 March 1972 entered into force on 22 April 1972 newly formed.

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

Policy

Association of municipal

The association council Edenkoben consists of 32 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.

Distribution of seats in association council:

Mayor

Mayor Olaf Gouasé (CDU ) was re-elected on March 7, 2010 for his third term.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In sixteen times of blue and silver split sign board by a continuous silver cross of blue and red quartered, top right a silver lily, top left, down sweepings with the studs silver horseshoe, bottom right, a silver Sesel with golden handle, bottom left a golden grape ".

It was approved in 1985 by the District Government Neustadt.

Traffic

Through the territory of the municipality performs the Palatine Maximilian Railway, which owns there with Edenkoben and Edesheim (Pfalz ) two intermediate stations.