Wartenberg-Rohrbach

Wartenberg- Rohrbach is a municipality in the Thunder Mountain district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Winnweiler.

Geography

The place is in Lohnsbachtal, a side valley of the Alsenz Valley in the north- Palatinate mountains southeast of Mount Thunder.

History

After the French Revolution, the town was incorporated in 1798 in the French department of Thunder Mountain. As a result of the Vienna Congress, he was from 1816 to 1945 Bavarian. After the Second World War Wartenberg- Rohrbach was part of the French occupation zone and was incorporated into the newly formed 1946 State of Rhineland -Palatinate.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wartenberg -Rohrbach consists of twelve 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

Blazon: Split of silver and red; right, a red bar accompanied by three balls ( 2:1 ), left a silver cattails crossed with a silver mace.

Economy and infrastructure

Through Wartenberg- Rohrbach runs the old imperial road. Directly south-east is a junction of the A 63 (Kaiserslautern - Mainz). In Münch Alsenz is a train station of Alsenztalbahn.