Offenbach-Hundheim
Offenbach- dog home is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Lauter corners. Offenbach- dog home is a nationally recognized tourist.
Geography
The place is located in the wide valley of the river Glan in the Western Palatinate. In the northeast is Wiesweiler, to the south and southwest Nerzweiler is Glanbrücken. The municipality is divided into the two eponymous districts Offenbach and dog home.
History
In 1816 the district of Offenbach, 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 the district Sankt Wendel created 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 district of Birkenfeld. In 1969, he was reclassified in the district of Kusel.
The district Hundsheim other hand, belonged from 1816 to the Bavarian Rhine circle from which emerged today Palatinate.
Today's local church Offenbach- dog home was newly formed on 7 June 1969 the municipalities of Offenbach am Glan (then 951 inhabitants) and dog home (390).
Parish council
The local council in Offenbach- dog home 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 location.
Allocation of seats in the local council:
Culture and sights
The three-nave Protestant church in Offenbach considered the most important ecclesiastical monument in the western Palatinate. The building of the former monastery church of St. Mary of the Benedictines began in the 13th century and completed in the 15th century. In 1894 it was completely renovated.
The Hirsauer church near dog home was built in the 12th century. She was formerly the parish church for the villages in the valley Eßweiler.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Offenbach Dog Home
Economy and infrastructure
Through the town lead the federal highway 420 and the disused railway line, was at the place in a train station. This is complemented by a bike path adjacent objects, mostly paved, now used for tourism for trolley tours. In Lauterecken is a railway station of Lauterbrunnen Valley Railway.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Guido Great (1925-2010), teacher and local historian
- Sigfrid Gauch ( b. 1945 ), author
- Günter Reinken (* 1927), agricultural researchers