Wallhalben

Wallhalben is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It is the seat of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs. Wallhalben is recognized as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 4.1 municipal
  • 4.2 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 traffic

Geography

Wallhalben is on the Sickinger Höhe. To the west is Biedershausen, in the east hall city.

The municipality is divided into the districts Wallhalben and Oberhausen. For the district of Oberhausen includes the living space Seitershof.

History

Wallhalben was first documented in 1270.

By Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform, the new community Wallhalben -Oberhausen was formed on 1 April 1968 from the communities Wallhalben and Oberhausen. On 1 August 1972, the new municipality was renamed in Wallhalben.

Population Development

The development of the population of Wallhalben, based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Religion

In 2011, 48.3 percent of the population Catholic, 42.4 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were. Catholics belong to the diocese of Speyer, the Evangelical Lutheran Church for Protestant Palatinate.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wallhalben 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.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " split of blue and black, on the right half rotbewehrter silver eagle at the opening, left left inverted rotbewehrter and bezungter golden lion ".

It was approved in 1974 by the district government Neustadt. The eagle recalls the former membership of Oberhausen to Leiningern and the Palatinate Lion of the Wallhalben to Palatinate -Zweibrücken.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

In Wallhalben the country roads L 469, L 473 and L 475 crossing to the nearby driveway Weselberg the A 62 is connected to the long-distance transport.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Theodor Lipps (1851-1914), philosopher and psychologist
  • Friedrich August Poth (1840-1905), Beer Baron
Wallhalben (Verbandsgemeinde) Saalstadt Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer Rheinhessen-Pfalz Althornbach Battweiler Bechhofen, Rhineland-Palatinate Bobenthal Bottenbach Bundenthal Busenberg Clausen, Germany Contwig Dahn Darstein Dellfeld Dietrichingen Dimbach Donsieders Eppenbrunn Erfweiler Erlenbach bei Dahn Fischbach bei Dahn Geiselberg Hauenstein Heltersberg Hermersberg Herschberg Hettenhausen Hilst Hinterweidenthal Hirschthal, Germany Horbach, Südwestpfalz Hornbach Kleinbundenbach Kleinsteinhausen Knopp-Labach Leimen, Rhineland-Palatinate Lemberg, Germany Ludwigswinkel Lug, Germany Mauschbach Merzalben Niederschlettenbach Nothweiler Obersimten Petersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate Riedelberg Rodalben Rosenkopf Rumbach Ruppertsweiler Schauerberg Schindhard Schmalenberg Schmitshausen Schwanheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Schweix Spirkelbach Steinalben Trulben Vinningen Waldfischbach-Burgalben Walshausen Wiesbach Wilgartswiesen Winterbach, Südwestpfalz
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