Ruppertsberg

Coordinates: 49°24′01″N 8°11′45″E / 49.40028°N 8.19583°E / 49.40028; 8.19583
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Ruppertsberg
Municipality
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Coat of arms of Ruppertsberg
Coat of arms
Location of Ruppertsberg within Bad Dürkheim district
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Ruppertsberg is located in Germany
Ruppertsberg
Ruppertsberg
Ruppertsberg is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Ruppertsberg
Ruppertsberg
Coordinates: 49°24′01″N 8°11′45″E / 49.40028°N 8.19583°E / 49.40028; 8.19583
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Dürkheim
Municipal assoc.Deidesheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Heiner Weisbrodt[1]
Area
 • Total8.07 km2 (3.12 sq mi)
Elevation
117 m (384 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,457
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67152
Dialling codes06326
Vehicle registrationDÜW
Websitewww.ruppertsberg.de

Ruppertsberg 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 municipality is a

winegrowing centre with a long tradition in the field, and is part of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. Ruppertsberg belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Deidesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town
.

History

St. Martin's Parish Church in Ruppertsberg

In 1040, Ruppertsberg had its first documentary mention. Most likely it grew out of the Hoheburg (castle) beginning in 800. About 1100, the last Count of the

Bishopric of Speyer, which then enfeoffed the Knights of Ruppertsberg with it. In the 14th century, Imperial troops destroyed the castle, whereupon the Knights built a moated castle, the so-called Schloss, in the village's northeast. After the destruction wrought by the Thirty Years' War
, only two families were left in Ruppertsberg.

After the

Second World War, the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate was formed. Since 1973, Ruppertsberg has belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Deidesheim
.

Religion

In 2007, 63% of the inhabitants were

Evangelical. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.[3]

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

Party Result in %[4] No. of seats
CDU 52.0 (+3.1) 9 (+1)
FWG 35.6 (−8.7) 5 (−2)
SPD 12.4 (+5.7) 2 (+1)

Mayor

Ruppertsberg's mayor is Heiner Weisbrodt.[1]

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: In Gold ein in den Ecken gemauerter schwarzer Turm mit vier Zinnen über einer schwarzen Mauer mit je einer Zinnen rechts und links und mit einem offenen Spitztor, darin in Gold eine grünbestielte blaue Traube.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Or a tower embattled of four and masoned at the corners sable on a wall of the same with a merlon at each end, in base a gateway with pointed arch of the field in which a bunch of grapes azure slipped vert.

The arms were approved in 1955 by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior.

winegrowing.[6]

Town partnerships

Ruppertsberg fosters partnerships with the following places:

Culture and sightseeing

Interior of St. Martin's Parish Church
Tea house
Plan of Schloss Ruppertsberg from 1719

Buildings

Catholic Parish Church (Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Martin) in Ruppertsberg is a three-naved Late Gothic
building from the early 16th century. Particularly worth seeing is the stone pulpit, created about 1510 with its images of saints and prophets.

The former Teehaus (tea house) is Ruppertsberg's landmark. It was built in 1840 a few hundred metres west of the village in the vineyards on the model of the one at the English Garden in Munich. The former tea house is a big rectangular pavilion with a glazed upper floor.

Of the moated castle (Wasserburg) on the northeast side of the municipality, expanded into a residential castle (Schloss) in the 18th century under Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn, two of the original four wings have been preserved. Owing to later conversions, the building's character as a residential castle has been all but lost.

Regular events

The Ruppertsberger Weinkerwe (wine fair) is held each year on the last weekend in August. The Sunday of this weekend is also Erlebnistag Deutsche Weinstraße (“German Wine Route Adventure Day”).

Economy and infrastructure

Winegrowing

The municipality is characterized to a considerable extent by

winegrowing and is among the Palatinate
’s biggest winegrowing centres.

Appellations are:

  • Linsenbusch
  • Hoheburg
  • Gaisböhl
  • Nußbien
  • Spieß
  • Reiterpfad

Transport

Nearby Deidesheim

Pfälzische Nordbahn affords rail links to Bad Dürkheim and Neustadt an der Weinstraße. Moreover, buslines lead to surrounding places. Public transport is integrated into the VRN
, whose fares therefore apply.

East of the municipality runs Bundesstraße 271. In the southeast there is a connection to the Autobahn A 65 through the Deidesheim interchange.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Eduard Nortz (1868–1939), politician (BBB)
  • Edmund Bien (1927–2007), Bundesliga referee

Famous people associated with the municipality

  • Johann Kaspar Adolay (1771–1825), politician

References

  1. ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.
  3. ^ KommWis, Stand: 31.12.2007 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz, zugegriffen am 11. Juni 2009
  5. ISBN 3-9801574-2-3
  6. ^ Description and explanation of Ruppertsberg’s arms

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