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Kapellen-Drusweiler

Coordinates: 49°06′18″N 8°01′49″E / 49.10500°N 8.03028°E / 49.10500; 8.03028
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Kapellen-Drusweiler
Coat of arms of Kapellen-Drusweiler
Location of Kapellen-Drusweiler within Südliche Weinstraße district
Kapellen-Drusweiler is located in Germany
Kapellen-Drusweiler
Kapellen-Drusweiler
Kapellen-Drusweiler is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Kapellen-Drusweiler
Kapellen-Drusweiler
Coordinates: 49°06′18″N 8°01′49″E / 49.10500°N 8.03028°E / 49.10500; 8.03028
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictSüdliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc.Bad Bergzabern
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Gerd Kropfinger[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total
5.77 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Elevation
159 m (522 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
995
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
76889
Dialling codes06343
Vehicle registrationSÜW
Websitewww.kapellen-drusweiler.de

Kapellen-Drusweiler is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Geography

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The wine village of Kapellen-Drusweiler is a linear village, between the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine. The parish of Kapellen-Drusweiler includes the villages of Deutschhof, Eichenhöfe und Kaplaneihof. [3] Deutschhof was founded by Swiss immigrants.

History

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Drusweiler was first mentioned in 1179. Around 1200, Klingenmünster Abbey build a chapel opposite the Church in Drusweiler. Around it there developed an independent settlement called Kapellen. The Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrücken united the two communities in 1410.

Religion

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In 2007 52 percent of the inhabitants were Protestant and 24,8 percent Catholic. The remainder belong to other religions or were unaffiliated with any religion.[4]

Politics

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Municipal council

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The municipal council in Kapellen-Drusweiler comprises twelve councilors, elected by proportional representation local elections on 7 June 2009, together with the voluntary position of Mayor.

Distribution of seats in municipal elections:[5]

  SPD CDU FDP FWG Total
2009 3 4 2 3 12 Seats
2004 3 4 2 3 12 Seats

Coat of arms

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The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "Von Schwarz und Gold gespalten, rechts eine goldene Pflugschar, links ein schwarzes Sesel" (Divided into black and gold, a golden ploughshare right, a black winemakers' knife left).

It was approved in 1981 by the Neustadt district government and goes back to a seal dating from 1744.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Seite 101 (PDF)
  4. ^ KommWis, Stand: 30. November 2007 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2009, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen
  6. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz. Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3