Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Silence - law Bach is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Bergzabern and is a nationally recognized resort.
Geography
The municipality is located on the German - French border. On the French side opposite her is White Castle. In silence law Bach begins with the German Wine Gate, the German Wine Route. Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Oberotterbach, Schweighofen, White Castle and Bobenthal.
History
Silence - right stream was re-formed on 7 June 1969 from the previously independent municipalities silence and legal stream.
Religion
In 2007, 49.9 percent of the population Protestant and 31 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in silence law stream consists of 16 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 municipal council:
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: "Divided and split bottom, top in black and a rotbedachtes golden gate golden stage, with both sides followed by lower production in the same tincture, in three black additions, lower right in green a bestielte golden grape, bottom left in silver three green trees on shifted to the left three green mountain ".
It was approved in 1970 by the district government Neustadt and contains elements of the old coat of arms of silence and legal stream.
Structures
In silence law Bach is the German Wine Gate, which marks the beginning of the German Wine Route. It was built in 1936 to make the Palatinate wine region known under the direction of architect Peter Landauer and resources.
See also: List of cultural monuments in silence law Bach
Viniculture
Silence - right stream -based, before moving to Ilbesheim in Landau, the headquarters of the German Winegrowers Wine Gate eG.
Another attraction is the first German wine trail on Schweigener Sonnenberg. The over 1 km long road was opened in 1969 and offers a glimpse into the history of wine, such as the various traditions of cultivation, the work in the vineyard or the influence of soil and climate.
As a curiosity it should be mentioned that some Schweigener winemakers can also grow wine on the French side due to ancient leases. This has the consequence that German winemaker, for example, can produce geographically protected wines such as " Crémant d' Alsace".
Traffic
Silence - right stream is connected via the bus line 543, which connects the two stations Bad Bergzabern and Wissembourg miteinenader to the public transport network.
Clubs
In addition to the ADAC German Wine Gate OC eV, the club 1.Deutscher wine trail, also includes the SV - silence law Bach 1929 eV with sports facility in the local Wachtberglifte the largest number of members in local clubs.
Tourism
Silence - law Bach is well integrated into the Rhineland-Palatinate, cycling and hiking trails. So start and end of both the cabbage and turnip bike trail and the bike path German Wine Route in silence law stream. The long-distance footpaths Palatinate wine trail and the Palatinate Forest path bind to the local church.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Maria Salomea Schweppenhäuser (1751-1833), maid of honor
- Arthur Schnabel ( b. 1947 ), judoka and sumo wrestlers