Langweiler, Kusel

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

Geography

Slowpoke is located on Jeckenbach in the Western Palatinate between the Palatinate Forest and the Hunsrück. Around 50 percent of the district area is forested. To the north is Sien, to the east Merzweiler, to the south and east Homberg is Unterjeckenbach. To bore includes the residential places oil mill yard in front Fläsling and Tiefentaler mill.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1276. In the Middle Ages, the village " hamlet " was, probably after one franc named Lando. In the 16th century, the name change and re-interpretation was carried out in " boring ". In the Thirty Years' War, the village of Croatian mercenaries was completely destroyed, and remained uninhabited for 12 years.

1816 bore the Principality of Lichtenberg, a newly exclave of the duchy of Saxe -Coburg -Saalfeld, respectively in 1826 the duchy of Saxe -Coburg and Gotha. With this, it fell to Prussia in 1834, which created the circle St. Wendel from this area. After separation of the main part of the newly created Saar was built in 1920 the remainder circle St. Wendel - Baumholder, to which the place belonged until 1937, when he was incorporated into the circle Birkenfeld.

The former school now serves as a community center.

On October 13, 1939 crashed when boring from a British military machine. The pilot survived and was taken by the locals in a hospital. Thirty years later, Colonel Day came back to visit the site of his crash and his rescue again.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in bore 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 West, the highway runs 270 In Lauterecken is a railway station of Lauterbrunnen Valley Railway.