Freimersheim, Südliche Weinstraße

Freimersheim (Pfalz ) is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Edenkoben.

• 5.1 events
• 5.2 associations
• 5.3 Youth

Geography

The municipality is located eight kilometers south-east of Edenkoben. To Freimersheim includes the residential places Freimersheimermühle, Kaltenbacherhof and Salmhof.

History

Freimersheim 771 was first mentioned in a deed of the monastery Lorsch. In 1423 the place was rich own until then was transferred to the Junker Hans Weingarten. 1685 dies, the family of the vineyard from the last rung is buried in the church Freimersheimer in the choir, and the good of the family is sold to the cathedral chapter of Speyer.

During the Nine Years' War Freimersheim was completely destroyed and abandoned by its inhabitants temporarily. The Peace of Luneville in 1801, the village became part of the French Republic. Freimersheim became part of the French department of Thunder Mountain and Mairie Böbingen was assigned in Canton Edenkoben. As a result of the Congress of Vienna ( 1815) Freimersheim first came to Austria and 1816 because of a contract on the exchange to the Kingdom of Bavaria. As of 1818, the municipality Freimersheim was later assigned to the country 's Commissariat Landau in Bavaria Rheinkreis the county Landau, from 1938, the district Landau emerged. After two world wars, the village was French occupation zone. Since 1978, the community belongs to the district of Southern Wine Route.

1998 Freimersheim Regional winner in the competition Our village is beautiful.

Religion

• 2013 were 52.3 percent of the population Protestant and 17.1 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.
• The local Catholic Church of St. Corpus Christi is a branch church of the parish church of St. Sebastian Böbingen (Pfalz ) ..

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Freimersheim (Pfalz ) consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In silver from begrastem green ground growing three dreiblätterige green shamrock stem, of which the right and left are bent out to the side ."

It was founded in 1954 approved by the Ministry of Interior and Mainz is based on a seal from 1769.

Culture and sights

Protestant Church

Town hall

Events

On the second Sunday after Corpus Christi found in Freimersheim from Saturday to Tuesday, the church fete held every year in July Freimersheim invites you to wine festival.

Clubs

In Freimersheim there is next to a sports club ( FSV Freimersheim ) and the glee club MGV 1875 Mixed Choir eV with its divisions Children's Choir and Mixed Choir, Men's Choir and the project affiliated to the club theater company. Theater performances every year beginning at Easter for four consecutive weekends.

Youth

The youth from Freimersheim meets for summer and winter time at the glass house. This is only used for the trailer was abolished due to vandalism.

Traffic

Nearest railway stations are Edesheim and Edenkoben on the Palatine Maximilian Railway Neustadt- Wissembourg.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Bertram Hartard sen. (1901-1967), member of the Constituent Assembly of the country Rhineland -Palatinate, Rhineland- Palatinate state representative and mayor of Speyer
• Gerhard Postel (1941-2012), a Protestant clergyman