Schwegenheim

Schwegenheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs since 1972 along with five other surrounding communities of the municipality Lingen field.

2.1 antiquity
2.2 Middle Ages
2.3 Modern Times

4.1 municipal
4.2 Coat of Arms
4.3 community partnerships

5.1 Economics
5.2 Volunteer Fire Department
5.3 traffic
5.4 energy

Geography

Geographical location

Schwegenheim is located in the Rhine valley between the Haardt ( Palatinate Forest ) and the city of Speyer on the Rhine. By Schwegenheim flows Hainbach.

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border on the community. They are listed clockwise starting in the north:

Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis: Hard Hausen and Romans mountain
District of Germersheim: Lingen field, Western Home and Weingarten
County Southern Wine Route: Gommersheim

Community structure

To Schwegenheim includes the residential places Bründelsberg, Vorderlohe and yard Sonnenfeld.

Climate

The climate in Schwegenheim is how the entire front Palatinate and neighboring Palatinate, relatively mild ( warm summers, almost snowless winter). The average annual temperature is 9 ° C.

History

Antiquity

At the time of the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar lived in the region around Schwegenheim the tribes of Triboci or Wangionen. After the conquest of the province of Germania Superior forms with the Rhine frontier of the Roman Empire against Germanic. Later smaller parts were still conquered east of the Rhine and decumates the Roman province of Agri. As more and more Franconian and Alemannic tribes pressed this province, it was 275/276 abandoned and the Limes moved back to the Rhine. After the year 405, the Ostrogoths invaded Italy, 406, the Roman troops were withdrawn from the Palatinate.

Middle Ages

In a deed of gift from the year 985 the town was first mentioned as Suaebechenheim possession of the monastery White Castle.

Modern Times

In the 15-16. Century was common Schwegenheim beautiful part between the Bishopric of Speyer and the Electoral Palatinate in the common office Landeck. 1709 was the Bishopric of Speyer its share of the Office Landeck Schwegenheim was thus until 1797 Electoral Palatinate undivided possession. As a result of the revolutionary wars came Schwegenheim in Napoleonic times to the Département du Mont- Tonnerre and was eventually struck by the Congress of Vienna Bavaria. After the Second World War was a Schwegenheim Rhineland-Palatinate community.

In 1989 Schwegenheim won the gold plaque in the national competition "Our village is beautiful ."

Religion

2012 were 46.0 percent of the population Protestant and 24.1 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Schwegenheim consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: Argent, a blue horseshoe with swept down cleats.

It was established in 1964 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior and is based on a seal from 1698.

Community partnerships

Schwegenheim has partnerships concluded in 1974 with the village Pichl the community Gsies in South Tyrol, in 1986 with the community Lobsann in Alsace and in 1991 with heart field in Brandenburg.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

The agricultural products that thrive in the Rhine valley - as in Schwegenheim - quite early, like radishes, salads, potatoes, strawberries, asparagus, almonds and even melons. But even in autumn offer the local farmers and direct marketers a rich supply of apples, pears and pumpkins.

Volunteer Fire Department

The volunteer fire department Schwegenheim is one of six fire departments in the municipality Lingen field. It has 38 active forces and a young firefighters with 20 young people aged 10 to 16 years.

Traffic

Schwegenheim is connected through the federal highways 9 ( Kranenburg - Lauterbourg ) and 272 ( according to Landau in der Pfalz) at the national road network. By 1956 Schwegenheim had a train station and was on the narrow-gauge local railway Neustadt- Speyer ( Pfefferminzbähnel ) attached. The train station is a house today.

Energy

Since 2006 Schwegenheim site of four wind turbines at 49 ° 16 ' 6 " N, 8 ° 21' 46" O49.2683333333338.3627777777778 - 49 ° 16 '0 " N, 8 ° 21' 21" O49.2666666666678.3558333333333 - 49 ° 15 ' 54 " N, 8 ° 20 ' 56 " O49.2658.3488888888889 and 49 ° 15' 51 " N, 8 ° 20 ' 37 " O49.2641666666678.3436111111111. The first two plants have a total height of 135 meters, the other of 145 meters.

Sons and daughters of the town

Julius von Kennel (1854-1939), German zoologist, entomologist and university teachers

Gallery

School

Protestant Church

Catholic Church

Hall

House

Tobacco shed

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