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Hohenöllen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Hohenöllen
Coat of arms
Location of Hohenöllen within Kusel district
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictKusel
Municipal assoc.Lauterecken
Government
 • MayorErich Wannenmacher
Area
 • Total5.17 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Elevation
312 m (1,024 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total349
 • Density68/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67744
Dialling codes06382
Vehicle registrationKUS
Websitevg-lauterecken.de

Hohenöllen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Lauterecken, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies on a high plateau above the Lauter valley in the North Palatine Uplands.

Neighbouring municipalities

Hohenöllen borders in the north on the municipality of Cronenberg, in the northeast on the municipality of Ginsweiler, in the east on the municipality of Reipoltskirchen, in the southeast on the municipality of Einöllen, in the south on the municipality of Oberweiler-Tiefenbach, in the west on the municipality of Heinzenhausen and in the northwest on the municipality of Lohnweiler and the town of Lauterecken. Hohenöllen also meets the town of Wolfstein at a single point in the southwest.

History

In the mid 12th century, Hohenöllen had its first documentary mention. Its name means “village on the high heap”.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Mayor

Hohenöllen’s mayor is Erich Wannenmacher, and his deputies are Roland Kunz and Helmut Blumenröder.[3]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per bend sable a plough bendwise Or and argent a lyre azure.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]

  • Vordergasse 2, 4, 7 – former school; no. 4 one-floor plastered building with ridge turret, 1829; no. 2 addition with dwelling and teaching room, 1849, architect Johann Schmeisser, Kusel; no. 7 one-floor building with hipped roof with ridge turret, 1898, architect Regional Master Builder Kleinhans
  • Warriors’ memorial for the fallen of both world wars, south of the village – sandstone-block stele, 1922 by sculptor Strauß, Lauterecken, expanded in1952

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

To the west runs Bundesstraße 270. Serving Heinzenhausen is a railway station on the Lautertalbahn.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  2. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. ^ Hohenöllen’s executive
  4. ^ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Kusel district
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