Hornbach

Hornbach is a city in Rhineland -Palatinate in the district of West Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Zweibrücken -Land.

  • 4.1 buildings
  • 4.2 associations
  • 4.3 Tourism

Geography

Hornbach, situated just north of the German - French border, and east of the border of the Saarland in the extreme southwest of the southern part of Rhineland- Palatinate. There is the city in West Richmond south of Zweibrücken. It is drained by the Hornbach, which rises at Bitsch and flows to Zweibrücken.

To Hornbach also includes the residential places Bickenaschbacherhof, Eichenhof, Good Nevertheless, Ringweilerhof, Stuppacherhof and Unterbeiwalderhof.

History

In Hornbach ( Gamundias, confluence ') was founded around 741 by Saint Pirmin, who died here the Kloster Hornbach. Founder of the monastery was Count Warnharius of the family of Widonen. Hornbach in Bliesgau belonged to the diocese of Metz. Pirmin was buried in the monastery and there venerated as a saint. Abt Wyrund was in the 9th century, a new monastery church build. This was in the west as in the east apse. The Holy grave came to lie in the eastern apse and Pirmin is called from 827 next to Peter as the patron saint of the monastery. In the 11th century a monumental hall church with west building, which was renovated in the 12th was born. The ruins of this monastery had obtained the evidence of the importance in the Middle Ages today.

The Kloster Hornbach, which was given to the Bishop of Speyer in 1087 by Emperor Henry IV, had until the 14th century a far-reaching influence and gave important impetus to the development in Upper Lorraine. Numerous villages and Hofgründungen go back to this monastery.

Emperor Henry V gave the monastery the right of coinage, which has been applied to about 1230. Since the decline of the monastery was already introduced, not least by the fact that it came under the influence of the Counts of Zweibrücken.

On April 16, 1352 wooed King Charles IV Count Walram II the two cities Zweibrücken and Hornbach by Hagenauer law.

Protestant pastor of Hornbach was of about 1538 at the famous botanist Hieronymus Bock, who had in 1533 already received a benefice at the Fabian pin with the introduction of the Reformation and worked here until his death in 1554.

The monastery, where in 1548 only three monks lived, was finally abolished by the Reformation, 1557. The monastery assets, current income and the monastery buildings were used to build a princely state school, which was responsible for the training of the required in Pfalz -Zweibrücken young to ministers and senior officials or to the study should be prepared at a university. In 1631 the school was moved to Zweibrücken and later received the name of its founder, Duke -Wolfgang -Gymnasium.

From 1913 Hornbach Hornbach was connected by the train with two bridges.

During World War II, the city was subjected by the membership of the Red Zone demolitions.

Policy

City ​​council

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

The distribution of seats in the City Council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In Silver St. Pirmin a golden Abtstab growing with gold reception red miter, alb silver and red choir mantle in his right hand a gold studded silver book in his left hand holding ".

Culture and sights

Buildings

The Benedictine monastery exists in residues structurally today and was extensively restored in recent years. Today, the " Hotel Kloster Hornbach " It has housed. Also located in the buildings of a former convent Historama ( museum with multimedia guide ). In the nineties, the Fabian pen was rebuilt. It is now used primarily for weddings, lectures and concerts.

The Protestant church of Hornbach is a baroque religious building of Friedrich Gerhard choice. It was built in 1785 next to the broken in the same year the abbey church. There was a spacious hall building with 525 seats. The 42 m high west tower was added in 1844. Due to their dominant position in the town the town church already falls on from afar.

The Catholic Church of St. Pirmin is a typical Landkirchenbau of Albert Boßlet from the years 1927 to 1930.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Hornbach

Clubs

In Hornbach there are some active clubs which also take on many tasks for the common good:

  • Local cartel,
  • Fischer,
  • Rural women,
  • PWV Hornbach V. - The local chapter of Hornbach of the Palatinate Forest Club,
  • Ostrich boys,
  • SV Hornbach,
  • TV Hornbach.
  • DRC OV- Hornbach e.V.

Tourism

Hornbach is the end point of the northern and southern branch of the historic Palatinate pilgrimage routes to Santiago.

Hornbach is also the European Mill cycle path that runs through the valleys of Hornbach, the Schwalb and Bickenalb.

See also: list of natural monuments in Hornbach

Sons and daughters of the town

Georg Zeämann, (1580-1638), priest, professor of theology, reformer and Protestant hymn writer

Bitche Guideschi Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor Haguenau Protestant Reformation Order of Saint Benedict Althornbach Battweiler Bechhofen, Rhineland-Palatinate Biedershausen Bobenthal Bottenbach Bundenthal Busenberg Clausen, Germany Contwig Dahn Darstein Dellfeld Dietrichingen Dimbach Donsieders Eppenbrunn Erfweiler Erlenbach bei Dahn Fischbach bei Dahn Geiselberg Hauenstein Heltersberg Hermersberg Herschberg Hettenhausen Hilst Hinterweidenthal Hirschthal, Germany Horbach, Südwestpfalz Kleinbundenbach Kleinsteinhausen Knopp-Labach Leimen, Rhineland-Palatinate Lemberg, Germany Ludwigswinkel Lug, Germany Mauschbach Merzalben Niederschlettenbach Nothweiler Obersimten Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Riedelberg Rodalben Rosenkopf Rumbach Ruppertsweiler Saalstadt Schauerberg Schindhard Schmalenberg Schmitshausen Schwanheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Schweix Spirkelbach Steinalben Trulben Vinningen Waldfischbach-Burgalben Wallhalben Walshausen Wiesbach Wilgartswiesen Winterbach, Südwestpfalz
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