Erlenbach bei Kandel

Erlenbach bei Kandel is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kandel.

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Geography

Erlenbach, one of the smaller places in the municipality Kandel, between Karlsruhe and Landau in the Palatinate. The municipality also includes the residential places Erlenhof and Waldhof.

History

Religion

2012 were 52.8 percent of the population Protestant and 24.4 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Erlenbach 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 twelve seats in the municipal council are divided into two groups of voters.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " From silver and black split, right on a green background a green alder tree, left rotbewehrter and bezungter golden lion ".

It was founded in 1955 approved by the Ministry of Interior and Mainz goes back to a court seal from 1753. Palatinate The lion symbolizes the former belonging to the Palatinate.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Erlenbach is connected via the A 65 at the supra-local transport network. Closest train station is Kandel.

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