Hettenhausen

Hettenhausen is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wallhalben.

Geography

Hettenhausen is on the Sickinger Höhe. In the northeast Neumühlestrasse that belongs to Oberheim Kirchenarnbach southwest lies Wallhalben is. 35.3 percent of the district area is forested, 54.8 percent are agriculturally used (as of 2010 ).

To Hettenhausen includes the living space Birkenhof.

History

The name was first mentioned in 1585.

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

Religion

In 2011, 41.3 percent of the population Catholic, 48.8 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 Hettenhausen consists of six 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: " divided by blue and silver, above a rotbewehrter silver eagle, below a red ballot box ."

It was approved in 1981 by the District Government Neustadt. The silver eagle recalls the former membership of the place to the Leiningern.

Economy and infrastructure

Through the town, the K 20 About performs the nearby A 62 is connected to the long-distance transport.