Obersülzen
Obersülzen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Obersülzen within Bad Dürkheim district  | |
  Obersülzen  Obersülzen | |
| Coordinates: 49°34′06″N 08°12′41″E / 49.56833°N 8.21139°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Dürkheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Leiningerland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Andreas Lehmann[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.52 km2 (1.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 158 m (518 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 719 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67271 |
| Dialling codes | 06359 |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW |
| Website | www.obersuelzen.de |
Obersülzen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Obersülzen lies at an elevation of just over 150 m above sea level in the northeastern Palatinate, just south of the boundary with Rhenish Hesse. Lying 5 km to the west (as the crow flies) is the Haardt, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest. Fifteen kilometres to the east across the Upper Rhine Plain is the Rhine. The upland in which the municipality is nestled is part of the outlying hills of the Palatinate wine region. Obersülzen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.
Neighbouring municipalities
West of Obersülzen lies the small town of Grünstadt. Continuing clockwise, the other neighbours are Obrigheim in the north, Dirmstein in the east, Laumersheim in the southeast, Großkarlbach and Bissersheim in the south and Kirchheim in the southwest.
Geology
At the northern edge of the residential built-up area flows the drainage ditch, which was renaturated in 2008 and which farther downstream is called the Floßbach; it empties into the Eckbach in the neighbouring municipality of Dirmstein. The soils are medium-hard and very fertile. Especially in the west of the municipal area they are to a great extent composed of loess deposits.
History
As early as 767, Obersülzen had its first documentary mention as Sulzheim in the
The village's later fate is shared with the rest of the
The village then belonged to the Frankenthal district until this was abolished in 1969 and Obersülzen was assigned to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim. In 1972, it was also assigned to the newly created Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.
Religion
In 2007, 41.7% of the inhabitants were
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4]
| SPD | CDU | GRÜNE |
Total | |
| 2009 | 5 | 7 | - | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 seats |
Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: In Blau die ganzfigurige Gestalt eines Mitraträgers – Bischofs oder Abtes – mit goldbordierter silberner Mitra, silberner Albe und schwarzer Cappa, in der Rechten ein goldenes Buch mit silbernen Schließen, in der Linken einen goldenen Krummstab haltend.
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Azure a man proper wearing a mitre – a bishop's or an abbot's – argent garnished Or, an alb of the second and a cope sable, in his dexter hand a book of the third with closures of the second, in his sinister hand a crozier of the third.
The arms were approved in 1983 by the now abolished Regierungsbezirk administration in Neustadt and go back to a seal from 1602.[5]
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
- Protestant church
Today's
- Mennonite church
In the 16th century,
- Other points of interest
The Mehrgenerationenhof (“Several Generation Estate”) and the former schoolhouse that has been converted into a village community centre both come from Classicist times. A guild pole (German: Zunftbaum), whose figures were created by local artist Udo Marker, stands between the fortress church and the village community centre.
Regular events
- Spargelfest (“Asparagus Festival”, held at Corpus Christi)
- Blaschderstroßefeschd (Palatine German for Pflasterstraßenfest – “Cobbled Street Festival” – held on the last weekend in June)
- Kermis(church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerwe, held on the first weekend in September)
- Weiß-Blaues Oktoberfest (held on the first weekend in October)
Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture
Obersülzen is traditionally characterized by
Transport
The municipality is linked by Landesstraße (State Road) 453 (Grünstadt–Frankenthal) to Bundesstraße 271 (Bad Dürkheim–Monsheim) 1 km away, which itself leads to an interchange near Grünstadt (3 km) with the Autobahn A 6 (Mannheim–Saarbrücken).
Social life
The local sport club, SV Obersülzen, has at its disposal a football pitch. inside the west entrance to the village between the L 453 and the Floßbach, which is the first FIFA-licensed artificial-turf field in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Beside the sporting ground, a corn maze is set up each year in which visitors can test their sense of direction.
A big, former seed-producing estate, largely preserved, renovated and converted into the Mehrgenerationenhof (“Several Generation Estate”), today serves as a home and workshop for mentally handicapped people. The sponsorship is held by the Förderverein für die Nachsorge und Rehabilitation psychisch Kranker (“Promotional Association for the Aftercare and Rehabilitation of the Mentally Handicapped”) in Frankenthal.
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ KommWis, Stand: 31. Dezember 2007 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ISBN 3-9801574-2-3
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