Frankenstein, Rhineland-Palatinate
Frankenstein is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality high Speyer.
- 2.1 municipal
- 2.2 mayor
- 4.1 Natural Monuments
- 4.2 Sport
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Education
- 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 7.2 People who have worked on site
Geography
Geographical location
Frankenstein is in the midst of the Palatinate Palatinate Forest Nature Park in the city triangle of Kaiserslautern, Neustadt on the Wine Route and Bad Durkheim. The community also forms the eastern end of the district of Kaiserslautern. Your district rises like a wedge into the neighboring district of Bad Durkheim. Neighboring municipalities are clockwise Bad Durkheim, Weidenthal (both in Bad Durkheim ), Waldleiningen, high Speyer and Fischbach ( near Kaiserslautern ) (all district of Kaiserslautern ).
Community structure
To the local village of Frankenstein includes the district Diemerstein and residential places Old street, board mill at Leinbach, board mill on the downside, Galgental, Klaftertalerhof and Rußhütte.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Frankenstein consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:
Mayor
Mayor since July 6, 2009 Eckhard Vogel, FWG, the 381 affirmative votes ( 77.13 %) and 113 negative votes ( 22.87 % ) was elected on June 7, 2009.
Population Development
* These figures are estimates, as only the number of families has survived (15 and 9).
Structures
- Frankenstein Castle
- Castle Diemerstein
- Villa Denis
- Poststation Knight
- Station
See also: List of cultural monuments in Frankenstein
Natural Monuments
See list of natural monuments in Frankenstein (Pfalz )
Sports
The sports complex head has a lawn and a hard place for football and various athletics facilities.
Regular events
- On Laetare the summer day festival is celebrated with winter burning and Easter market.
- In July, a drift festival on Biedenbacher Woog is organized in Leinbachtal. It is organized by the municipalities of Frankenstein, Waldleiningen, high Speyer and the Forestry Commission.
- On the 3rd weekend in July, the church fete takes place. The duration of the Kerwe is from Friday to Tuesday. On Sunday, a church fete procession takes place with the participation of local clubs and groups.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
- Directly through the village runs the federal highway 37, which runs from Kaiserslautern Bad Durkheim to Ludwigshafen.
- In the center of the federal highway 39, which ends in Mainhardt in Baden- Württemberg begins.
- The nearest motorway junction is Enkenbach- Alsenborn ( 17) on the Federal Highway 6 Saarbrücken- Waidhaus, about nine kilometers away.
- Frankenstein is on the railway line Kaiserslautern -Ludwigshafen ( railway line Mannheim- Saarbrücken) and is connected to the S - Bahn Rhein Neckar of the transport association Rhein- Neckar connected.
Education
Frankenstein has a kindergarten and a primary school (1st - 4th class). The nursery is run under the auspices of the Evangelical Church. In elementary school, two grade levels are taught together in a room due to low pupil numbers.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Carl Adolph Ritter (1794-1863), politician
- Louis Sebastian (1862-1943), Bishop of the Diocese of Speyer (1917-1943)
Those who worked on site
- Manfred Petry (* 1953), politician ( FW), 1992-2009 mayor, since 2007, state chairman of the National Association of Free voter groups Rhineland- Palatinate Land Association and since 2010 the party CDU Rhineland- Palatinate.