Ilbesheim

Ilbesheim is a municipality in the Thunder Mountain district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Kirchheimbolanden.

Geography

Ilbesheim is located in the southern part of the Alzeyer Hillsbrad on the so-called " Ilbesheimer Lösschwelle ". The district is used for agriculture to about 90 percent and 0.3 percent very little forest area.

The former station Morschheim ( Thunder Mountain Railway ) is partly within the boundaries of Ilbesheim.

History

Ilbesheim was first mentioned in the 8th century. However, it found tombs that date back to the La Tène period. Today's Protestant village church has a Romanesque tower, which is dated to the period around 1100.

Early on came the village as an exclave to the county of Falkenstein. First, this ruled by the Lords of Bolanden which were inherited in 1418 by the Counts of Virneburg.

Through various owners went the county Falkenstein and with it the village Ilbesheim 1667 to the Duke of Lorraine. Through the marriage of the Duke Francis Stephen of Lorraine with Maria Theresa of Habsburg, High - Brawn came to Austria and was subordinate to the chief official of the Reich Winnweiler front part of Austria. The competent bailiff resided in Winnweiler.

1756 Protestant Ilbesheimer residents complained to the Emperor in Vienna on the introduction of a shared right ( Simultaneum ) of their church for the Catholics. These two Gemeindedeputierte times were sent to Vienna, about the Emperor Francis I. In his letter, dated July 28, 1756 shows strange, because " the last deputed here Ilbesheimer Gemeindsleute, which is the etwan all appearance after just multiplication by the community Being like pulling diems, allhier stay ohnnützlich early as the 2nd month after receiving information. "

On June 11, 1758 since the Reformation, a Corpus Christi procession took place in Ilbesheim first place again. The reason sent to the emperor application of the Protestant community draws an interesting and colorful image of baroque Landfestlichkeit. They reported that the Catholics were in the " currently running years, namely on the 11th Junii, cause such a public procession in loco ( = on the spot), and to catholische coreligionists of 5 hours away, together with those adjacent insonderheit the adjacent chur Palatine community Stetten with flags, singing and sound, even with the installation of versamleten and appointed foreign peasant people with rifle equipped 2 Compagnie, arrange dergestalten ... that under this lifts the venerable Guth publice ( = public) by the ... catholischen pastors circumgestired ( = around shown), read at different points in place public exhibition, ertheilet benedictiones ( = blessing), and bey such spiritual Actibus ( = actions ) each painting commissioned by the erected Bauer Commando fire " was.

Ilbesheim with its surrounding area was mostly occupied by the French in December 1792 and was assigned the peace treaty of Campo Formio (1797 ) as part of the left bank of the German territories to France, where it remained until 1814. During this time it belonged to the French Département du Mont- Tonnerre with government based in Mainz.

1815/1816 was a common Austro- Bavarian government in Bad Kreuznach, in 1816 it fell to the Rhine district of the kingdom of Bavaria, since 1946 it is part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland -Palatinate.

To distinguish Ilbesheim to Landau in der Pfalz the place received the additional designation Ilbesheim on the same.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Ilbesheim consists of twelve 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: " Azure, a rooted cutting golden cornstalk, occupied by two crossed golden oak branches, each with a golden acorn and two golden oak leaves ."

It was in 1937 awarded by the Reich Governor in Bavaria and goes back to a seal from the year in 1683.

The court seal used in 1622 shows an oak branch without leaves, which is crossed with a cornstalk.

Economy and infrastructure

In the resort, the L 445 and L 446 intersect at a short distance south-west is a direct connection to the A 63 ( Kaiserslautern Mainz). In Kirchheimbolanden is a railway station of thunder mountain railway.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Ludwig Knobloch (1901-1995), German politician ( CDU), Member of Parliament, President of the Association of German sugar beet associations
• Kurt Rocker ( * 1928), politician ( CDU)