Rathskirchen
Rathskirchen is a municipality in the Thunder Mountain district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rockhausen.
Geographical location
The town lies on the north Hahnenbach Palatinate mountains west of Mount Thunder between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach.
The municipality consists of the two districts Rathskirchen and Rudolph churches, to the hamlet of Rathskirchen includes the living space Bösodenbacherhof.
History
After the French Revolution, the town was incorporated into the French department Thunder Mountain. As a result of the Vienna Congress, he was from 1816 to 1945 Bavarian. After the Second World War Rathskirchen was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed 1946 State of Rhineland -Palatinate. Today's church was formed from the dissolved municipalities Rathskirchen (then 178 inhabitants) and Rudolph Churches ( 80 ) new on June 7, 1969.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Rathskirchen 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.
Coat of arms
Blazon: In a green blue silver -filled gin, the top right strewn with golden shingles field a silver anchor fallen, left a silver church, down a sechsspeichiges silver wheel
Economy and infrastructure
Take the A 63 in the south-east is connected to the long-distance transport. In Rockhausen is a railway station of Alsenztalbahn.