Teschenmoschel

Teschenmoschel is a municipality in the Thunder Mountain district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rockhausen.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

Geographical location

The village lies on the Moschel in North Palatine Uplands west of Mount Thunder between Kaiserslautern and Bad Kreuznach. Northeast is Bisterschied, southeast and southwest Dörrmoschel is Rathskirchen.

The municipality and the living space belongs mouse mill.

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 Teschenmoschel was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed 1946 State of Rhineland -Palatinate.

Religions

In 2007, 74 percent of the population Protestant and 10 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Teschenmoschel 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

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by gold and red, above a leaping black boar, below a silver shell, surmounted by three silver stones ".

It was approved in 1983 by the district government Neustadt and goes back to a court seal from 1755. The boar is taken from the coat of arms of the lords of Schorrenburg and the three stones in red the coat of arms of the lords of Hunolstein. Both had Lehnsrechte in Teschenmoschel. The mussel refers talking on the place name.

Culture and sights

The structural fabric of an old barn served as the basis for the community center. Every year in him a hard place, with exhibitions by artists.

In Teschenmoschel there is an old Jewish cemetery, which dates from the 17th century. Previously, there was in place a synagogue, which was responsible for the perimeter.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Teschenmoschel

Economy and infrastructure

Through the village leads the L 379 East B runs 48 Take the A 63 in the south-east is connected to the long-distance transport. In Rockhausen is a railway station of Alsenztalbahn.