Hauptstuhl

Hauptstuhl is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Landstuhl.

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Geography

Hauptstuhl located on the edge of the Palatinate Forest, 22 km west of Kaiserslautern. In the north Hauptstuhl share of West Palatine Moorniederung, as a land Bruch has known. South of the village, the densely forested Sickinger stage, the escarpment of the Sickinger height rises.

At the main chair also includes the living space "Forest House New ".

History

Main chair was first mentioned in 1547 as Habstall. The village was founded in the 16th century and was located near the well- defunct at the beginning of the 16th century deserted village Ruppach. The barons of SICKINGEN had on the district two Hofgüter.

The development of the population of the main chair, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

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

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

Description: " In the split of black and silver plate there are top five silver balls, down a red slant right wave beams, accompanied on both sides of each with a green oak leaf with a golden acorn ."

The silver bullets are from the arms of the Counts of SICKINGEN, which ruled the village in the late Middle Ages and early modern period. The red bar is a reminder of the lost village Ruppach ( Rotbach ) that once existed on the district main chair. The oak is the forest grazing rights, the village had in the realm of forest and for the forest wealth.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • The community is through the A 6 (junction: Bruchmühlbach -Miesau ) connected and the A62 (junction Hauptstuhl / Landstuhl West ) to the motorway network.
  • The public transport system is integrated into the transport association Rhein- Neckar ( VRN).

Public institutions

Main chair has a community center, a primary school, a kindergarten and a volunteer fire department.

Rotbach Elementary School Hauptstuhl

Catholic Church

Evangelical Church

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