Kappeln, Rhineland-Palatinate

Kappeln is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Lauter corners.

Geography

Kappeln located at the junction of the Pearl Brook in the Jeckenbach in the Western Palatinate. In the northeast is the town Löllbach, in the southwest are Merzweiler and Grumbach. To Kappeln includes the living space Udenhof.

History

The site was first recorded in the jurisdiction in 1319 as Cappellen documented in a dispute between two Wildgräflicher houses. In the 15th century the village was divided between three feudatories, which served the peasants as serfs. At 1525 the village during the Reformation was Protestant. 1596 bought the game and Rhine Count Johann von Grumbach three-quarters of the village, a quarter belonged to the Boos of Waldeck as a fief of the Counts of Veldenz. In the Thirty Years' War it was largely destroyed, only four residents survived. 1708 gave the Wild Count Leopold Philipp Wilhelm his subjects civil rights and abolished the corvée; However, the subjects of the Boos of Waldeck remained in bondage. 1789, the old chapel was restored, the tower remained in its original form. 1798 were the free Kappeler, French citizens after the left bank of the Rhine were incorporated into France. Kappeln belonged until 1814 to the canton Grumbach in the Saarland Department. 1816 the place with the Principality of Lichtenberg, a newly exclave of the duchy of Saxe -Coburg -Saalfeld, respectively in 1826 the duchy of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha. From 1834 to 1946 the village belonged to the Rhine province of Prussia. Since 1969 Kappeln is part of the municipality in the district of Kusel Lauterecken.

For centuries, the extended form of the name Udencappeln was widespread.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Kappeln 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.

Economy and infrastructure

In the south, the highway runs 270 In Lauterecken is a railway station of Lauterbrunnen Valley Railway.