Herschberg

Herschberg is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wallhalben. Herschberg is a nationally recognized tourist.

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 Structures
• 5.2 dialect
• 5.3 horse racing
• 5.4 Nature Experience

Geography

Herschberg is located in the south-west of Rhineland -Palatinate to the Sickinger height which is named after the knight Franz von Sickingen.

To Herschberg includes the residential places Aspenhof, Konrad mill Weihermühle, Würschhauserhof and Würschhausermühle.

History

The name was first mentioned in 1149.

The population of Herschberg developed as follows, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Religions

Confessions

In 2011, 63.7 percent of the population Protestant and 28.0 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Jewish Community

In Herschberg there was a relatively large Jewish community in the 19th century. The issue goes back to the time of the 18th century. 1747 a Jewish cemetery was established, which still exists today. 1801 50 Jewish people lived in the city; 1848 was achieved with 170, the highest number of Jewish community members, these were about 25 percent of the population. A synagogue was first mentioned in 1815, in 1830 was set up a new one. In September 1892 a new synagogue was again inaugurated.

Through education and migration, the number of Jewish inhabitants decreased so much that has already taken place, the dissolution of the community around 1905/10 since the 1880s. The former synagogue was converted into a residential building, which was canceled in 1999. The two last Jewish inhabitants came to their deportation in 1940 lost their lives.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Herschberg consists of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by blue and silver, above a rotbewehrter silver eagle, down five black balls 2:1:2 ".

It was established in 1950 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior. The silver eagle recalls the former membership of the place to the Leiningern.

Culture and sights

Structures

Notable buildings are listed in the list of cultural monuments in Herschberg.

Dialect

The community association Wallhalben dedicated to intensive care of the local dialect and organized since 1991 every two years the Sickinger dialect contest whose final round takes place, including award ceremony at the civil hall Herschberg. Divisions are dialect poetry and prose.

Horse racing

In 1911, the riding club Sickinger Höhe was founded in Herschberg, who then held also the first horse race. Under the name Meilbächel race is an annual event, not on a circuit, but the valley and in the classic English style of " point to point ".

Nature Experience

Herschberg has a forest museum, also are in the vicinity of a water Herschberg viewing path and the Miihlenweg which connects the communities in the Wall half. The water viewing path is listed in various maps, the route start at different locations ( for example Herschberg, Saalstadt ). The situated information boards describe history, nature and importance of leigeneden on the way sights. As a service station can serve the managed former Weihermühle.

Economy and infrastructure

Herschberg lives mainly from tourism, agriculture and forestry.

Transport default, the community is connected via the 6 kilometers northeast located junction Weselberg to the 62 freeway ( Pirmasens and Trier ), the large scale also creates the connection to the A6 to the north and to the B 10 in the south.

Herschberg has a large leisure center, mini-golf course, tennis courts, children's playground and table tennis offers.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Christian Mehlis (1850-1933), historian