Kirrweiler

Kirrweiler (Pfalz ) is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Maikammer.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms
• 3.3 Town twinning

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 special
• 4.3 Regular events

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Viticulture

Geographical location

Kirrweiler lies in the Palatinate between Neustadt on the Wine Route and Landau in the Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest.

History

Religions

In 2007, 64 percent of the population Catholic, 22.8 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

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

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Argent, a black cross, the shaft of which is linkshin bent hook shape up."

It was established in 1962 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior and is based on a seal of 1703. It recalls that Kirrweiler was Amtsort of the Bishopric of Speyer.

Twinning

Partnerships with Kirrweiler in the district of Kusel, and with Kirrwiller in Alsace and Lorraine in Kirviller.

Culture and sights

Parish Church

City Hall and Osterbrunnen

Remains of the wall

Structures

The Lady Chapel at the cemetery is one of the attractions of the place. It was built in the years 1765 to 1769 and is the " mater dolorosa " consecrated. In 1964 it was renovated and re- equipped with stucco and painted ceilings ( Gschwendner ). There also exist around many remains of a wall around Kirrweiler, which was built at the time, as was a castle in Kirrweiler.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Kirrweiler
• List of natural monuments in Kirrweiler

Special

The famous wooden miraculous image of the " Patrona Spirensis ", from the Speyer Cathedral, prayed in front of the already St. Bernard of Clairvaux, was after it had Dombrand 1689 survived intact, transferred from Vicar General Heinrich Hartard Rollingen to the church in Kirrweiler. From there, the Virgin Mary came back later in the cathedral back, but fell in 1794 French revolutionaries in Speyer victim that it burned. There is only one of them previously broken foot of the Infant Jesus, as a relic. In 1930 the Speyer Cathedral, a new picture of grace, which is based on the appearance of the old.

Regular events

The Wine Festival is held annually the first weekend in July.

The church fete is held annually on the second weekend in September in the community.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Nearest motorway access to the A 65 is Edenkoben. Kirrweiler has in common with Maikammer over the breakpoint " Maikammer - Kirrweiler ", where trains towards Neustadt ( Weinstr ) Hbf, run Karlsruhe Hbf and Wissembourg in Alsace.

Viniculture

Kirrweiler is significantly influenced by the wine-growing and one of the largest wine-growing villages of the Palatinate. The area under vines was 2005 594 acres.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Florence from Venningen (1466-1538), lawyer and pharmacist in Heidelberg
• Georg Schweickershausen (~ 1500-1563 ), Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer, participants at the Council of Trent
• Alexius von Speyer (1583-1629), famous Capuchin, closest associate of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen.
• Anselm Franz Bacon (1728-1798); Glockengießer