Tiefenthal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Tiefenthal | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Tiefenthal within Bad Dürkheim district  | |
  Tiefenthal  Tiefenthal | |
| Coordinates: 49°32′18″N 08°06′14″E / 49.53833°N 8.10389°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Dürkheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Leiningerland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Edwin Gaub[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.21 km2 (1.63 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 849 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67311 |
| Dialling codes | 06351 |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW |
Geography
editLocation
editThe municipality lies in a small hollow with northern slopes between the Eisbach and Eckbach valleys in the Palatinate. Tiefenthal belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt. Until 1969, the municipality belonged to the now abolished district of Frankenthal.
History
editIn 1318, the municipality had its first documentary mention as Dyfendal.
The protestant church, built under the Dukes of Leiningen, still displays a beautiful pulpit scarved in oak and a three-spaced ceiling painting. It is known for the 3 first church bells after the second world war delivered to the protestantic Palatinate in 1949. They were made by the BVG in cast steel and ring with a very pleasant and harmonic sound.
Religion
editIn 2007, 45.4% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 35.4% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.[3]
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe council is made up of 12 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:[4]
| SPD | CDU | WGR | Total | |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 seats |
Coat of arms
editThe German blazon reads: In Rot ein goldenes Tatzenkreuz.
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Gules a cross pattée humetty Or.
The arms were approved by the now defunct Regierungsbezirk administration in Neustadt and date from a 1724 seal. They are borrowed from the arms once borne by the Counts of Leiningen-Westerburg, to whom Tiefenthal belonged.[5]
Economy and infrastructure
editTransport
editA few kilometres away lies the Wattenheim interchange on the Autobahn A 6. Historically, a branch of the Eis Valley Railway once linked the municipality by a train station some 1,5 km away, with Grünstadt.
Famous people
editSons and daughters of the town
edit- Wolfgang Wolf (born 1957), former football coach for 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Arno Wolf (born 1959), former footballer with 1. FC Kaiserslautern
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.
- ^ KommWis, Stand: 31.12.2007 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Karl Heinz Debus: Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz. Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3
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