Tiefenthal

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

For Tiefenthal in the district of Bad Kreuznach, see Tiefenthal, Bad Kreuznach.
Tiefenthal
Coat of arms
Location of Tiefenthal within Bad Dürkheim district
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Tiefenthal
Tiefenthal
Coordinates: 49°32′18″N 08°06′14″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Dürkheim
Municipal assoc.Leiningerland
Government
 • MayorEdwin Gaub (CDU)
Area
 • Total4.21 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total848
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
67311
Dialling codes06351
Vehicle registrationDÜW

Geography

Location

The 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

In 1318, the municipality had its first documentary mention as Dyfendal.

Religion

In 2007, 45.4% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 35.4% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.[2]

Politics

Municipal council

The 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:[3]

SPDCDUWGRTotal
200935412 seats
200425512 seats

Coat of arms

The 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.[4]

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

A few kilometres away lies the Wattenheim interchange on the Autobahn A 6. Historically, a branch of the Eis Valley Railway once linked the municipality with Grünstadt.

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town
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References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
  2. KommWis, Stand: 31.12.2007 Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  4. Karl Heinz Debus: Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz. Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3



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