Hauenstein

Hauenstein, called in the local dialect " Hääschde ", is a municipality in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate county Southwest Palatinate. In the health resort known as " Shoe Village " the same municipality also has its administrative headquarters. Hauenstein is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

• 5.1 sacral buildings
• 5.2 Industrial monuments
• 5.3 Specialty

• 6.1 Economics
• 6.2 traffic
• 6.3 Education
• 6.4 Voluntary Sector
• 6.5 Regular events
• 6.6 German Shoe Queen

Geography

The municipality is located in the southern Palatinate Forest, the German part of the Wasgau that belongs to the biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest - Vosges du Nord. Through the town flows approximately from south to north the Queich, the further down is becoming one of the main drainage systems of the Palatinate and flows into the Rhine.

The climate has not given the somewhat higher altitude, although the mildness of the Rhine valley, but distinguishes itself thanks to the transverse in northern mountains of Franconia pasture by very moderate winter from. The surrounding forest provides sufficient rainfall, which make the summer balanced and result in fall to an annual distribution chestnuts and mushrooms.

History

It is first mentioned in Hauenstein in 1345 in a deed to the Palatine church history. The village is best known for the manufacturing of shoes, the particular from the late 19th century to the lives of people in Hauenstein. Following the example of 20 km away Pirmasens (1857 ), the first shoe factory opened in 1886; Founders were the brothers Carl- August Seibel and Anton. By 1890 made ​​Anton Seibel independently with a second factory. Many other entrepreneurs followed. By 1914, created 14 shoe factories, which at that time employed 1140 people. The population increased from 673 in 1886 to 4406 in 1961 than it was even 36 factories. Then the boom was over, and the population declined slightly. Survived up to now only one shoe factory.

In contrast to just a few kilometers away, evangelical embossed Darstein, the first German community at a general election auswies 1930 share of the vote 100 % for the NSDAP, agreed by the predominantly Catholic population Hauenstein at this time, only an exceptionally small part for the Nazis. Even in the Reichstag elections on March 5, 1933 reached the NSDAP in Hauenstein only 4.8 percent, while the joint list of Centre and Bavarian People's Party came to 92.6 percent. This was rich far the best performance by a non-Nazi party in municipalities over 1,000 inhabitants.

Religion

2012 were 72.9 percent of the population Catholic and 13.5 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were. Catholics belong to the diocese of Speyer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church for Protestant Palatinate.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Hauenstein consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In a divided shield in red above a silver- reinforced and bezungter silver eagle, down from Blue, is a floating isosceles silver cross, gold and divided ".

It was established in 1964 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior.

Community partnerships

Official maintains partnerships with the community Chauffailles (Canton Chauffailles, Burgundy, France) since 1965 and with Csenger (small area Csenger, Hungary). Unofficial connections exist with Steinegg (South Tyrol, Italy), Saint -André -de- la -Marche (Maine -et -Loire, France ), La Walck ( Bas-Rhin, France) and San Marco di Pascoli (Italy).

Culture and sights

Sacred buildings

Given the distribution of the two major Christian denominations outweigh the Catholic sacral buildings:

• The Church of St. Bartholomew was built in 1787 /88 and preserved pictures and statues of saints, which date from the Middle Ages.
• The Parish Church of Christ the King was built in 1933 under the architect Albert Boßlet.
• The Chapel of St. Catherine in the late Gothic style dates from the year 1512.
• The Peace Church Mary - Queen of Peace was consecrated in 1972.
• The Monastery of the Discalced Carmelite nuns was opened in 1958.

The only Protestant church is the Holy Trinity Church.

Industrial monuments

The Schuster monument indicates the shoemaking as the basis of Hauensteiner shoe manufactures.

The German Shoe Museum was opened in 1996. It deals with the subject in general and shoes also shows inter alia, the " largest leather shoes in the world " (size 248) and the "greatest shoe in the world " (size 1041 ).

In the Glass Shoe Factory is a production show takes place, in which visitors can participate.

Specialty

In the fall touting the local gastronomy with Palatine chestnuts and game dishes.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

The last shoe factory Hauenstein is named after Josef Seibel, the grandson of the first company founder Carl- August, and is led by the great-grandson of Carl - August Seibel is, likewise. She is now a multinational company with 2,500 company employees at five production sites in Europe. The total production of over two million shoes is sold in more than 40 countries. Other shoe factories had to close down due to the recession. Many relocated to the shoe trade. Load at the 40 shopping Sundays from March to October a dozen shops with more than half a million pairs of shoes to try on the prospects.

Towards the end of the 20th century began the tourism to replace the shoe industry as the main economic activity of the municipality. So the village of Hauenstein has now become the classic leisure region that holds a variety of offerings for both active and only recreation -seeking vacationers. Besides nature, in the Palatinate Forest City and the surrounding area offer a dense network of recreation opportunities with retail and hotel rooms, apartments and regional gastronomy.

Popular destinations are:

• The rocks, the northern town entrance by the big rock breakthrough
• Neding with rock arch and Nedingfelsen
• Lookout Kreuzfelsen
• Five Hauensteiner shoe trails from the village into the surrounding forests and numerous other trails to the huts in the Palatinate Forest, especially the Hauensteiner Trail and the Zwicktritschenweg
• Various climbing rocks, including the castle and the Halder Backelstein with remains of medieval fortifications

Traffic

Hauenstein is tapped by the Federal Highway 10 ( Pirmasens -Landau ), which passes just north of the village. Parallel to B 10 runs the railway line Landau -Rohrbach Deutsche Bahn, which is also the Hauenstein and Hauenstein railway station serves middle.

Education

The Marian School as an elementary school and junior high school as Wasgauschule plus that offers secondary school or high-school diploma, cover the basic service. The next high schools are located in Annweiler and Dahn.

Two Catholic daycares (St. Elizabeth and St. Hedwig, the latter as movement Kindergarten ) provide pre-school education.

Voluntary Sector

Sports clubs are:

• 1919 SC Hauenstein
• TV Hauenstein
• TTC Hauenstein
• DLRG Hauenstein
• TC Blau-Weiss Hauenstein
• Chess Club 1972 Hauenstein
• Gun club

Other clubs have especially the socializing goal:

• Boule friends
• DPSG Hauenstein
• Musikverein Hauenstein
• Angelsportverein Hauenstein
• Beekeepers Association
• Horticultural Association
• Palatinate Forest Club ( local branch Hauenstein Wanderheim thickness oak)
• Hääschdner Kubb Club
• THW Hauenstein
• Volunteer Fire Hauenstein
• Teckelklub Wasgau
• Youth sociability Club ( JGC ) Hauenstein

Regular events

• Maypole dancing (every year, April 30, organized by the Hauenstein JGC )
• Spring Festival (every year 2nd week of May)
• Forest Festival (every year on Corpus Christi, organized and accompanied by the music club )
• Herbs week with herbal market ( early summer)
• Shoemaker market ( every three years during the summer)
• Hauensteiner Kerwe ( first weekend in September )
• Hääschdner Keschdemarkt ( Hauensteiner market chestnuts, autumn)
• Bathrobe tour (every year, Opening of Carnival campaign, organized by the Hauenstein DPSG )
• German - French Artisans Christmas Market (since 1980, first and second weekend of Advent )

German Shoe Queen

Since 2002 is an initiative of the Federation of German Footwear Industry in Rhineland -Palatinate, which has its headquarters in Pirmasens, every four years the German shoe queen are elected, which is supported by a shoe princess. Notwithstanding the restriction was the duo was elected in 2006 to 2011 in the office, which was advertised nationwide. On September 11, 2011, new shoe Highnesses were chosen; In addition to Deutsche shoe queen there since two shoe princesses.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Karl Anton Kreuter (1876-1965), teacher, local historian and author
• Wolfgang Seibel (* 1928), Jesuit and writer
• Gerhard Jäger (1942-1992), musician and composer of world hits Monja the group The Cry'n strings
• Markus Schaechter ( b. 1949 ), journalist and ZDF Director (March 2002 - March 2012)
• Michael Braun (born 1958), literary critic