Hochstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate
Hochstadt (Pfalz ) is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. In the local dialect the place Houschd is called, its residents Houschder. Hochstadt part of the community association Offenbach at the Queich.
- 5.1 Nature Monuments and Landmarks
- 5.2 Regular events
- 5.3 Specialty
- 6.1 Economics
- 6.2 Education
- 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
The municipality comprises the two villages of Upper and Lower Hochstadt Hochstadt.
To top Hochstadt also includes the residential places station Hochstadt and Fuchsmühle.
History
The previously independent municipalities Niederhochstadt (then 1,467 inhabitants) and Upper High city (744 inhabitants ) were released on June 7, 1969 in the Rhineland-Pfalz administrative reform and the local church Hochstadt (Pfalz ) is newly formed. In 1972, the allocation to the municipality Offenbach at the Queich, which has its administrative seat in the same community Offenbach.
Religion
In 2007, 57.6 percent of the population Protestant and 27.8 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Hochstadt consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " divided by gold and red, above a floating black ring, below a suspended eight-pointed silver cross of St. John ".
It was approved by the district government Neustadt in 1976 and contains figures of the historical coat of arms of Lower and Upper High city.
Culture and sights
Natural monuments and sights
- Ravines
- Wine trail
- Draisinenbahn
See also: List of cultural monuments in Hochstadt (Pfalz )
Regular events
- Village Championships
- Wine and Knoppfest (second weekend in August )
- Kerwe (September)
- May 1st festival of marching band
- Hoffest in Aussiedlerhof Brown
- Hoffest in the restaurant "The Ox"
- Country Youth Carnival
- Dünsche reading lesson ( every other Friday in the House of Friends of Nature )
- Open Day of the Volunteer Fire Brigade (second weekend in June )
Specialty
- Houschder Knepp ( meatballs with horseradish )
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
An important companies in the city, the winery star.
Education
- Folk high school ( in the building of Hainbach school)
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Valentin Pressler, 1709 emigrated to America ancestor of Elvis Presley and Jimmy Carter
- Zacharias Frank, great-grandfather of Anne Frank
- Katja Schweder, Palatine wine queen 2005/2006, German Wine Queen 2006/2007
- Katrin horns, Wine Princess 2009/2011 of the Association of Southern Wine Road Offenbach