Friedelsheim
Friedelsheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Friedelsheim within Bad Dürkheim district  | |
  Friedelsheim  Friedelsheim | |
| Coordinates:49°26′48″N08°13′23″E/ 49.44667°N 8.22306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Dürkheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Wachenheim an der Weinstraße |
| Government | |
| •Mayor(2019–24) | Peter Fleischer[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.16 km2(1.61 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 117 m (384 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,430 |
| • Density | 340/km2(890/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67159 |
| Dialling codes | 06322 |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW |
| Website | friedelsheim.de |
Friedelsheimis anOrtsgemeinde– amunicipalitybelonging to aVerbandsgemeinde,a kind of collective municipality – in theBad Dürkheimdistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]Thewinegrowingcentre lies in the eastern Palatinate (Vorderpfalz). It belongs to theVerbandsgemeindeof Wachenheim,whose seat is in thelike-named town.
History
[edit]On 24 June 770, Friedelsheim had its first documentary mention.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3]
| SPD | CDU | FDP | FWG | Total | |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 seats |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 seats |
Coat of arms
[edit]The German blazon reads:Eine vor blauem Hintergrund abgebildete silberne Burg mit offenem Tor und drei Türmen mit spitzen roten Dächern, gekrönt von je einer goldenen Wetterfahne.
The municipality'sarmsmight in Englishheraldiclanguage be described thus: Azure a castle argent with an open gate and three towers each with a pointed roof gules crowned by a weathervane Or.
The arms are based on an old municipal seal, first known to have been used in 1698. The arms were officially conferred on 17 September 1853.[4]
Culture and sightseeing
[edit]Regular events
[edit]- On the third Sunday in August, theFriedelsheimer Weinkerwe– the wine fair – is held.
- On the second day ofAdvent,a Christmas market is held at theProtestantchurch.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Transport
[edit]TheAutobahnA 650toLudwigshafenlinks Friedelsheim to the national highway network. TowardsBad DürkheimrunsBundesstraße37.
TheRhein-Haardtbahn,anarrow-gaugerailwayrunning fromMannheimtoBad Dürkheim,also affords a link to the rail network.
Famous people
[edit]Sons and daughters of the town
[edit]- Christian Philipp Koester (1784–1851), painter and restorer
- Jakob Latscha (1849–1912), businessman
- Ethelbert Stauffer(1902–1979), theologian
References
[edit]- ^Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim,Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^"Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden"(PDF)(in German).Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.2023.
- ^Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^Description and explanation of Friedelsheim’s arms
External links
[edit]- Municipality’s official webpage(in German)
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