Glan-Münchweiler

Glan- Münchweiler is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate, situated on the river Glan. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

• 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 5.2 People who have worked on site

Geography

The municipality is located in north- Palatinate mountains in a basin of Glantals. The two districts are Glan- Münchweiler and Bettenhausen.

History

The town was first mentioned in 1019 as Mönchweiler documented, Bettenhausen in 1393rd In 1885 Munchweiler am Glan was renamed in Glan- Münchweiler. see also Castle Munchweiler

In preparation for the French campaign of World War II was built by the Todt Organization in Glan- Münchweiler the Führer's headquarters glade. This was indeed completed, but never used as a headquarters leader in the true sense. Meanwhile, the system is completely dismantled.

On June 7, 1969, until then independent municipality Bettenhausen was incorporated from the district of Kaiserslautern and in the district of Kusel. At the same time today's local church Glan- Münchweiler was newly formed from the communities Glan- Münchweiler and Bettenhausen. In 1972, the city administrative headquarters of the newly created municipality was.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Glan- Münchweiler consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Mayor

Mayor is Fred Mueller of the CDU.

Economy and infrastructure

The municipality is located on the railway line Landstuhl - Kusel ( station Glan- Münchweiler ) and the Federal Highway 62 (Junction Glan- Münchweiler ).

From 1904 to 1981 Glan- Münchweiler was also linked to the established strategic reasons Glantalbahn, which ran until shortly before Altenglan together with the distance to Kusel. On the southern section Homburg - Glan- Münchweiler passenger 1981 was set; previously had been set there the transport of goods between Schoenberg Kübelberg and Glan- Münchweiler. The late 1980s, the tracks were dismantled.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Julius Schwartz (1880-1949), politician (SPD, PLC)
• Julius Lossmann (1882-1957), politician ( SPD)
• Armin Reichel (born 1958 ), football player

Those who worked on site

• Otto Feick (1890-1959), inventor of the Rhönrads - lived for several years in Glan- Münchweiler. In honor of the local church has created a drum hoop as a monument at the roundabout of the federal highway 423 in the district of Bettenhausen
• Axel Weber ( born 1957 ), former President of the German Bundesbank - has spent much of his youth in Glan- Münchweiler. His parents still live there today.