Quirnheim

Quirnheim, Palatine " Querem ", is a municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Durkheim, located in the northwest of the European Metropolitan Region Rhine -Neckar. It belongs to the municipality green town and country.

• 2.1 Chronicle
• 2.2 religions

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located in the Palatinate on a hill on the outskirts of the Haardt near the north end of the German Wine Route. The place belonged to the district of Frankenthal, until it was dissolved in 1969. 1972 Quirnheim was assigned to the newly created municipality green town and country.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Quirnheim Valley and Boßweiler.

History

Chronicle

In May 771, the Church of St. Mary and St. Martin was first documented. It is valid as the oldest church of the district. The district Boßweiler was already mentioned in the Lorsch Codex 767. 1467 came Quirnheim in the possession of the Counts of Leiningen- Westerburg. In the 17th century Quirinus was enfeoffed by Merz, with both places.

Religions

In 2007, 41.9 percent of the population Protestant and 32.6 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

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

Allocation of seats in the elected local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In a split and split top plate, top right again split, right geschachtet three lines of silver and blue, left in a Gold goldbekrönter half black eagle at the opening, at the top left blue one rotbewehrter and bezungter silver lion, below in silver with a blue horseshoe swept down cleats. "

It was in 1926 approved by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior and goes back to a court seal from 1674th

Sights and culture

• List of cultural monuments in Quirnheim

• Air Sports

On a hill near the village there is the glider airfield of the aviation club green city and surrounding areas.

• Museum

In the industrial estate on the grounds of the former U.S. Army ammunition dump or - military training area a project managed by volunteer forces motorcycle and Technology Museum was created. In the immediate neighborhood is the airfield or an abandoned Patriot missile station.

• Regular events

The town celebrates twice fair, which is called in the local dialect notch: The notch is pea in July, organized by the village notch in the first week in October.

Personalities

• The ancestors of the Hitler resistance fighter Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim were associated with the place.
• Hermann Knoll (1897-1935), worked here for seven years as Spiritual Director and Head of Hildegardis Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate. He was buried up to the reburial in 1959 at the local cemetery.