Tiefenthal

Tiefthal is a municipality in the district of Bad Durkheim in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Hettenleidelheim.

Geographical location

The municipality is located in a small valley floor with northern slope between ice and Eckbachtal in the Palatinate. Until 1969, the village belonged to the ( extinct ) District Frankenthal.

History

In 1318, the church was first mentioned in documents as Dyfendal. The issue here seems to have found a Marian pilgrimage church, which was in 1330 awarded by each bishop and Worms in 1380 by the papal legate, Cardinal Pileus de Prato a drain. On 24 June 1362 Count Friedrich donated the Elder and the Younger Friedrich of Leiningen two eternal fairs at the local St. Mary and St. Georg altar, because of the "big Genade and Aplaz that can be found in deme Godeshuse are our love Frauwen located to Dyefendal hindering the Nuwenliningen. " This church stood on the site of today's Protestant parish church. In the new Catholic branch church of St. George is a large, gothic wooden relief of St. George, with a representation of a castle, which probably dates back from Georg altar of the old Sanctuary.

Religion

2013 were 40.8 percent of the population Protestant and 33.0 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Tiefthal consists of twelve 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: " In a golden red Tatzenkreuz ".

It was approved in 1983 by the district government Neustadt and goes back to a seal from the year 1724. It is the coat of arms of the Counts of Leiningen- Westerburg borrowed, which Tiefthal belonged.

Traffic

A few kilometers away is the junction Wattenheim the motorway A 6 Historically, joined a branch line from the Eistalbahn the place seemed technically with green city.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Philip Schreiner (1846-1914) scientist and politician ( NLP), member of the Reichstag
  • Wolfgang Wolf ( born 1957 ), former football coach of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern
  • Jürgen hooves, sled dog sports
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