Country Germany District Bad Dürkheim Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 4.21 km² Local time Friday 9:25 PM Dialling code 06351 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Elevation 290 m (950 ft) Postal codes 67311 Population 845 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 67311 Municipal assoc. Hettenleidelheim | |
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Tiefenthal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Contents
- Map of Tiefenthal Germany
- Location
- History
- Religion
- Municipal council
- Coat of arms
- Transport
- Sons and daughters of the town
- References
Map of Tiefenthal, Germany
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 Hettenleidelheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. 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.
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:
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.
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.