Lingenfeld

Lingen field is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the municipality of the same name. Lingen field is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

2.1 Population development

4.1 municipal
4.2 Mayor
4.3 Coat of Arms
4.4 partnerships 4.4.1 municipality
4.4.2 associations

5.1 Structures
5.2 Tourism
5.3 Regular events

6.1 traffic
6.2 Public bodies

7.1 freeman
7.2 Sons and daughters of the town
7.3 Persons who are in touch with the community

Geography

Geographical location

Lingen field is located in the Upper Rhine valley, in the southern Palatinate, between the river Rhine in the east and the German Wine Road west of the community. The place is located 104 meters with higher than the surrounding communities on the Rhine, therefore flood risk can be virtually eliminated. However, the old course of the Rhine in the past centuries caused by washout of the high bank of the loss of approximately 250 acres of land.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are in a clockwise direction (starting at 12 clock ): Schwegenheim, Romans Berg (Pfalz ), Philipsburg (on the other side of the Rhine in Baden -Württemberg), Germersheim, Lustadt and West Home (Pfalz ).

History

The name Lingen field is derived from either a settlement " on the long field " or "field of Lango " or Lingo. The first mention found the place in a document from 1063 as " Lengenveld ".

Population Development

The development of the population of Lingen field, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Religion

2012 were 49.7 percent of the population Catholic and 21.6 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were. In the year 1890 by the then 1,662 inhabitants, 1,539 Catholic ( 93 percent), 101 Protestant (6 percent) and 32 were Israelites ( 2 percent).

Since the year 2013, the Lingen fields Catholics no longer belong to a separate parish, but have joined forces with Catholics from Germersheim, West Home and Schwegenheim to project parish Germersheim.

The Protestants form with the Westheimer Protestants, the Protestant church congregation westheim -Lingen field.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Lingen field consists of 22 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Mayor

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by gold and red by one with three black lace spickelweise gestückten silver slant Links bar, top right, a black capital letter L, bottom left diagonally placed an upwardly domed silver plow blade ( Coulter, Coulter ) ."

It was established in 1964 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior.

Partnerships

Community

On April 16, 1972, signed the partnership deed between the municipalities of Torcy (France) and Lingen field.

Clubs

Handball club with Duffel (Belgium ), since 1965
Kleintierzuchtverein with Strasbourg Robertsau (France), since 1967
Gymnastic and sporting club with Union Sportive Torcy (France), since 1964

Culture and sights

Former railway station

Catholic Church

War memorial

Structures

See: List of cultural monuments in Lingen field

Tourism

The Lingen Fields recreation area Altrhein with the lakes and vast floodplains is ideal for swimming, canoeing, cycling and walking.

South of Palatine - Draisinenbahn has its termination stop in Lingen field. The 13 km route that begins in Bornheim bei Landau, leads across fields and through woods and ends at the intersection Griesweg / Lauxengarten in the west of Lingen field. There is also the property maintains a restaurant nostalgic railway wagon "Bistro track 1 ", where drinks, snacks and cold food can be purchased.

Also, there are several hotels in Lingen field.

Regular events

The old custom of the Palatinate fair is celebrated each year on the third weekend in September at the Town Hall Square as " Lingen fields Kerwe ".
On the last weekend in July is held annually the " Lingenfelder street festival " took place.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Lingen field is located on the main road 9 From here, can the two fields Lingen exits, one in the north and one in the south of the village, the cities of Speyer, Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Heidelberg are reached within about 30 minutes. From Lingenfeld train station travelers by rail in 35 minutes Mannheim and Ludwigshafen and in the opposite direction of Karlsruhe.

Since the connection Lingen field to the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar passengers can change trains to go to Ludwigshafen, Mannheim and Heidelberg. The Lingen field station is located on the northeastern outskirts of the village Lingen field in the Altspeyerer road and the railway line Schiffer City Wörth. It was created in 1870 during the construction of the section of Speyer- Germersheim. Here, the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar wrong with the lines S3 and S4.

Lingen field belongs to the transport association Rhein- Neckar and the Karlsruhe Transport Association.

Public institutions

As the seat of the municipality Lingen box also houses the administration at City Hall on the main road 60

Personalities

Freeman

Alfons Detzel, former mayor
Hugo Fröhlig, former mayor
Karl deletion († 2008), entrepreneur
Alban Gutting, former mayor

Sons and daughters of the town

Josef Bürckel (1895-1944), politician ( NSDAP), MdR, Gauleiter of Westmark and Vienna, Reich Governor of Austria
Nevfel Cumart (born 1964 ), author and translator
Alban Gutting, former mayor, carriers of the Medal of Merit of the State of Rhineland -Palatinate
Nußbauer Adolf (1932-2013), Honorary Chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate breed poultry farmers, carriers of the Medal of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Ludwig Schneider (1902-1944), politician ( NSDAP)

People who are connected with the community

Denni Đozić (* 1991), handball player, lives in Lingen field

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