Friedelsheim Explained

Image Coa:Wappen von Friedelsheim.png
Coordinates:49.4467°N 8.2231°W
Image Plan:Friedelsheim in DÜW.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Bad Dürkheim
Verbandsgemeinde:Wachenheim an der Weinstraße
Elevation:117
Area:4.16
Postal Code:67159
Area Code:06322
Licence:DÜW
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 3 32 020
Website:www.friedelsheim.de
Mayor:Peter Fleischer[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Friedelsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The winegrowing centre lies in the eastern Palatinate (Vorderpfalz). It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wachenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

On 24 June 770, Friedelsheim had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Municipal council

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:[2]

Total
2009 4 5 1 6 16 seats
2004 4 4 3 5 16 seats

Coat of arms

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's arms might in English heraldic language 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.[3]

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The Autobahn A 650 to Ludwigshafen links Friedelsheim to the national highway network. Towards Bad Dürkheim runs Bundesstraße 37.

The Rhein-Haardtbahn, a narrow-gauge railway running from Mannheim to Bad Dürkheim, also affords a link to the rail network.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3320000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim
  2. http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3320602000.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/f/friedelsheim.htm Description and explanation of Friedelsheim’s arms