Erfweiler

Erfweiler is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Dahn, which has its headquarters in the town of Dahn. Erfweiler is a nationally recognized resort.

Geographical location

Erfweiler is located in the German part of the Wasgau in the southern Palatinate Forest, to the west is the town of Dahn. 82.5 percent of the district area is forested.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1353. After the Dahner Knight with Ludwig II became extinct on 15 September 1603 he belonged to the Bishopric of Speyer. 1816 Erfweiler was Bavarian.

Since 1946 Erfweiler part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland -Palatinate.

1995 Erfweiler national winner in the competition was Our village is beautiful.

Religion

2012 were 73.6 percent of the population Catholic and 14.9 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were. Catholics belong to the diocese of Speyer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church for Protestant Palatinate.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Erfweiler 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:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by blue and silver, above a floating split and split by black dividing lines geradarmiges silver Tatzenkreuz, down in a blue arch is a blue lily, about a blue collar Tournament ".

It was approved in 1979 by the district government Neustadt. The cross comes from the coat of arms of the Bishopric of Speyer.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Emil Steigner (1908-2001), master cooper