Eußerthal

Eußerthal is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Annweiler am Trifels. Eußerthal is a nationally recognized tourist.

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 theater

• 5.1 Economics
• 5.2 traffic

Geography

Eußerthal is located in the southern Palatinate Palatinate Forest. The site extends as a linear village along the Eußerbachs, flowing from northwest to southeast and is part of the river system in the Queich. On both sides of Bachaue run hills that belong to the middle Palatinate Forest. The greatest elevations are the Döreneck (514 m) and the Harzofen mountain ( 556 m ) to the left of the Eußerbachs in the north and northeast and the Almersberg (564 m) and the sweeping mountain ( 531 m ) on the right side of the stream to the west and southwest.

History

The village was established in the environment of a monastery of the Cistercians, founded in 1148. From the actual monastery Eußerthal there is only sparse remains, but his former church is still the Catholic church in the community.

The abbot of the monastery were entrusted to the imperial regalia, as they, after King Philip of Swabia had been murdered in 1208, by Conrad III. von Scharfenberg, Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and bishop of Speyer, were brought to the nearby kingdom Trifels to safety. Even after the end of the Verwahrzeit sided Fathers from Eußerthal at the castle worship.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Eußerthal 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:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In Blue on golden throne of St. Bernard with golden alb and Nimbus, the rights to swear collected in his left hand a golden crosier. "

Sights and culture

Structures

The most striking building is the church of the former monastery Eußerthal, which was built in the late Romanesque pillar basilica as and is under the patronage of St. Bernard of Clairvaux. In addition to several buildings that also date back to the Middle Ages, is also the Protestant Church, a Neo-Gothic Sandsteinquaderbau of 1901/ 02, worth seeing.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Eußerthal

Theater

The open-air theater performances Eußerthal presented predominantly with regional and historical reference.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

Until the first half of the 20th century had Eußerthal because of its location in the Palatinate Forest of great importance for the forestry industry. Their decline began after the Second World War. Today, the site is a residential community which has become more and more open to tourism.

Traffic

Eußerthal located five kilometers northwest of the federal highway 10 Pirmasens, Landau, to whom the place is connected via the provincial road 505. About the B 10, the nearest motorway junction is reached No. 15 on the Landau -Nord A 65 Ludwigshafen- Karlsruhe.

In terms of public transport of the city is served by the transport association Rhein- Neckar. The nearest train station is Albers hamlet on the Queichtalbahn Pirmasens -Landau, about five kilometers southeast of Eußerthal. After Albers hamlet, also Annweiler am Trifels and Landau, operates daily bus route 522