Hirschthal, Germany
Deer valley is a municipality in the district of West Palatinate in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Dahn, which has its headquarters in the town of Dahn. Deer valley is a nationally recognized tourist.
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Coat of Arms
Geography
Geographical location
Deer valley is located in the Sauer Valley in the southern Palatinate Forest, the German part of the Wasgau, directly on the border with France. 55.3 percent of the district area is forested. To the north lies Schönau, in the south of Lembach. Nearest large towns are white castle in the east and Pirmasens in the northwest.
Climate
The annual rainfall is 928 mm. Rainfall is high. They are located in the upper quarter of the detected values in Germany. At 80 % of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is April, the most rainfall comes in December. In December, falling 1.4 times more precipitation than in April. Precipitation varies little and are evenly distributed throughout the year. At only 11% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1129 under the name " Hirzthal ", as Gottfried von Fleckenstein gave the place along with Schönau the monastery of St. Walburga in Hagenauer Forst.
By the end of the 18th century the village belonged to the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken. After taking the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794 ), he was from 1798 into the canton of Pirmasens in the department of Thunder Mountain until 1814. Based on the decisions taken at the Congress of Vienna agreements, the Palatinate came in 1816 with the Kingdom of Bavaria. Under the Bavarian administrative Hirschthal 1817 was transferred together with six other municipalities in the canton Dahn, who belonged to the country 's Commissariat Pirmasens in the Rhine district. 1828 had 80 Catholic and Protestant inhabitants of the village of 201 deer valley.
Religion
2012 were 43.2 percent of the population Protestant and 39.8 percent Catholic. 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 deer valley is composed of six 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.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: "Divided and six divided up by green and silver, covered with a slanting red crook, down in black and a golden stag's antlers ".
It was approved in 1982 by the district government Neustadt.
Culture and sights
Nearby are the ruins of the castle Fleckenstein. It is situated at 370 meters above sea level and is the second most haunted castle in Alsace.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Hirschthal
Economy and infrastructure
Through the town, the L 488 leads north runs east -west direction, the B 427