Haschbach am Remigiusberg

Haschbach am Remigiusberg is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kusel.

Geography

Haschbach lies at the foot of Remigius Mountain in the western Palatinate. To the east flows the Glan.

History

The place was first mentioned in documents as Habbach in 1149.

In 1959, the city name was officially extended by a request from the Municipal Council of Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Interior on Haschbach am Remigiusberg, to avoid confusion with the nearby Haschbach am Glan.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Haschbach 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: " quartered From blue and silver, top left a silver church with Gothic nave and a Romanesque tower with a Baroque dome, top right a rotbewehrter and bezungter lion, bottom left, a twin-towered, blue Zinnenburg with gate and bottom right silver rock ".

It was awarded in 1978 by the district government Neustadt.

Culture and sights

Haschbach is regarded as the cultural center of the country Remigius.

  • Propsteikirche
  • Ruins of the castle Michel
  • Remigiusberg

Economy and infrastructure

In the southwest of the A 62 runs north in the near Kusel district town is a train station of the railway line Landstuhl - Kusel as well as in Theisbergstegen.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Georg Gustav (1564-1634), Count Palatine of Veldenz
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