Winnweiler

The local church Winnweiler located in Thunder mountain in Rhineland -Palatinate, and is the administrative center of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs. Winnweiler is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 company
  • 4.3 Education

Geography

The municipality is divided into the districts of:

  • Alsenbrück - Langmeil with the living quarters station Langmeil, Salomon mill Sattelhof, Wäschbacherhof and brick hut
  • Hochstein with the living quarters molten iron, and copper smelting Kahlheckerhof
  • Potzbach with the living space Leithöfe
  • Winnweiler with the living quarters hedgehog Höhe and Chapel

History

The village was first mentioned in 891 as Winidowilari, "settlement of the Wends ". Later, the settlement for many centuries belonged to the county of Falkenstein, was then Lorraine and came up to the French Revolution to the Habsburgs. During this time it was the seat of the Austrian Oberamt Winnweiler, a district of the country front part of Austria.

1816 was like the entire Palatinate part of the Kingdom of Bavaria and told the eventful history of this region. In 1946 it became part of Rhineland- Palatinate then newly founded.

To Winnweiler since the first mention of 891 with interruption from 1797 until its re- incorporation on June 7, 1969 belongs to the district Hochstein. The previously independent municipalities Alsenbrück - Langmeil and Potzbach were incorporated on 10 June 1979.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Winnweiler consists of 20 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 local council:

Coat of arms

Blazon: Argent, a green oak tree bewurzeltet with two golden acorns in golden oak bowls.

Community partnership

  • The French twin town of Winnweiler is the town of Saint -Laurent- Nouan.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Winnweiler is connected via the federal highway 63 ( Mainz- Kaiserslautern) and State Road 48 ( Bingen- Bad Bergzabern ) to the national road network. The section of Bingen- Winnweiler was there already a Reichsstrasse (R 40). In addition, in Langmeil a railway station on the Alsenztalbahn (Kaiserslautern -Bingen ) was present, which is, however, no longer served since December 2006 as demand due to the better railway stations Winnweiler and sink stream and since the opening of the breakpoint Münch Alsenz in 1999 was significantly decreased. Here branches off the train Zellertalstraße ( Monsheim - Langmeil ). This route has been used for several years on Sundays and public holidays back in the summer for excursions. Here are the trains of Monsheim about Langmeil after high Speyer.

Business

In the Palatinate known is the beer of the local private brewery Bischoff ( Winnweiler ). The company Mobotix develops and manufactures since 2009 their IP cameras in the industrial park Langmeil.

Education

In addition to the Montessori Elementary School of the site still offers the Realschule plus Albert Schweitzer School. Moreover, there is in place the Wilhelm Erb -Gymnasium, a former grammar school. The nearest town is University of Kaiserslautern.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Ludwig Gienanth (1767-1848), industrialist
  • Carl von Gienanth (1818-1890), industrialist
  • Karl Friedrich Fries (1831-1871), German painter
  • Philip Zoeller (1832-1885), Chemist
  • Hippolytus August Schaufert (1834-1872), author of plays ( "Chess King " )
  • Wilhelm Erb (1840-1921), physician, pioneer of modern neuropathology
  • Friedrich von Chlingensperg on mountain (1869-1944), President of the Government, Keepers of the Bavarian Palatinate
  • Gümbel Otto (1876-1943), railway workers and politician ( NSDAP)
  • Karl Eymann (1888-1962), Engineer
  • Lene Bertelsmann (1903-1981), author
  • Mark Forster ( born 1984 ), singer
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