Waldrohrbach

Waldrohrbach is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Annweiler am Trifels.

Geographical location

The village lies at the foot of Rehberg, the highest mountain 577 meters in the German part of the Wasgau. It is drained by the Kaiser Bach, a left tributary of the Klingbach, from West North West to east-southeast. In their entirety within the boundaries of the municipality is located approximately one kilometer in length Heimbach, a right tributary of the Kaiser Bach, which flows into the latter at the southeastern edge of settlement.

Other surveys on the boundary of Waldrohrbach next to the Rehberg are the little Hahnenstein (451 m), the Great Hahnenstein (411 m), the liver stones ( 391 m), the Bald Knob ( 368 m), the Bichelberg ( 338 m), the Först height ( 334m ) and the fire height ( 319 m).

Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Annweiler am Trifels Ilbesheim to Landau in der Pfalz ( exclave ), Waldhambach (Pfalz ), Munchweiler am Klingbach, Silz (Pfalz ), Gossersweiler-Stein and Völkersweiler.

History

After the Second World War Waldrohrbach belonged to the district Bergzabern, before moving in 1969 in the newly created district Landau -bath Bergzabern, which was renamed in 1978 in Southern Wine Route.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Waldrohrbach consists of eight 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 coat of arms description reads: "With a silver oblique wave beams of blue and green divided, upper left under a floating isosceles angetatzten silver cross a silver lily, bottom right under a rooted golden fir a golden reed ".

Structures

A total of five properties in Waldrohrbach are national monuments: The local Catholic church, three crosses and a stone. In addition, on-site, there are a post office, a cemetery, a village hall and a fire station.

Traffic

The main street of Waldrohrbach is the B - 48 Bingen Bad Bergzabern. The nearest motorway junction is Rohrbach on the A 65

Waldrohrbach is in the transport association Rhein- Neckar; However, for trips to Karlsruhe is also the tariff of the Karlsruhe Transport Association. The bus lines 524 and 530 connect the city with Annweiler am Trifels. There is also the nearest railway station (on the Queichtalbahn )