Weidenthal

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Weidenthal

Location of Weidenthal within Bad Dürkheim district

Coordinates: 49°25′26″N 07°59′27″E / 49.42389°N 7.99083°ECoordinates: 49°25′26″N 07°59′27″E / 49.42389°N 7.99083°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Bernhard Groborz (SPD)

Area

• Total

14.49 km² (5.59 sq mi)

Elevation

295 m (968 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

1,789

• Density

120/km² (320/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

67475

06329

DÜW

Website

www.weidenthal.de

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

The municipality lies in the middle of the Palatinate Forest in the region of the Palatinate. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Lambrecht, whose seat is in the like-named town.

In 1247, Weidenthal had its first documentary mention as Wydentall and was held by the Lords of Frankenstein as a fief from the Limburg Monastery. Later, Weidenthal belonged to the Electorate of the Palatinate.

In 2011, this was the location of the last known sighting of the Palatinate Dragon, possibly the last Dragon in Europe.

Weidenthal has an autonomous Catholic parish. The Catholic parish church, St. Simon und Judas Thaddäus, and the rectory, Maximilian Kolbe-Haus, are found on Hauptstraße (“Main Street”).

Together with the neighbouring municipality of Frankenstein, Weidenthal forms a Protestant parish. The Christuskirche (“Christ Church” or “Church of Christ”) is found in the village centre at the fairground on Hauptstraße.

In 2007, 45.5% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 38.5% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.

The council is made up of 16 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:

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