Weyher in der Pfalz

Weyher in the Palatinate is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Edenkoben. Weyher in the Palatinate is a nationally recognized tourist.

Geography

The wine-growing village located 4 km southwest of Edenkoben between the biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest and the Rhine. The 618 m high mountain is the mountain leaves from Weyher.

The municipality also includes the living space Buschmühlenteich.

History

The name of the 777 ( Wilere ) first mentioned the place is derived from the Old High German villare ( hamlet ). The dialect assimilated Wilre to we. In the New High German diphthongization it was Weyher. The place belonged to the late 18th century to the Bishopric of Speyer.

Religion

2013 were 71.3 percent of the population Catholic, 13.2 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Weyher 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

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by silver and blue, rooted above a green lime, below a silver district mark in the form of two successive inserted rising arrowheads ".

It was built in 1902 approved by the Bavarian Prince Regent and goes back to a seal of 1726th The colors silver and blue recall the earlier belonging to the Bishopric of Speyer.

Aviation

The aviation with hot air balloon was developed in parallel to the famous Montgolfier brothers in belonging to Weyher Buschmühlenteich. Only a year after the first balloon flight of the French launched in 1784 by Johann Andreas Traitteur there on his debut, which went more than 10 miles and some ridge.

Traffic

Nearest railway stations are Edesheim and Edenkoben on the Palatine Maximilian Railway Neustadt- Wissembourg.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jacob Ziegler ( born June 29, 1894 in Weyher, † December 7, 1974 ibid ), winery owner and politician ( CDU ), honorary citizen of the community
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