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77-651: The municipality lies on a high plateau at the edge of a mountain east of and above the Lauter valley in the North Palatine Uplands at an elevation of some 315 m above sea level . There is a particularly picturesque view of Hohenöllen in the heights from the valley. Other heights within municipal limits are the Hansmauler Kopf in the south (325 m) and the Wolfersheck in the north (366 m). The hamlet of

154-502: A blessing until there is no more need". The deuterocanonical Book of Tobit provides an example of all three classes of tithes practiced during the Babylonian captivity : "I would often go by myself to Jerusalem on religious holidays, as the Law commanded for every Israelite for all time. I would hurry off to Jerusalem and take with me the early produce of my crops, a tenth of my flocks, and

231-608: A boggy forest floor. Former names include Solzbach (1321) and Wüst solzbach (1543). Wüst means “forsaken” or “waste”; by 1543, the village had been given up. Sulzbach was already being described as a downfallen village in the 16th century, and may well have been uninhabited for 200 years before rising once again as the Sulzhof. Hohenöllen originally belonged to the Glan chapter in the Archbishopric of Mainz . The Amt of Hohenhelden formed

308-547: A church-sponsored institution, also receives "a significant portion" of its maintenance and operating costs from tithes of the church's members. The right to receive tithes was granted to the English churches by King Ethelwulf in 855. The Saladin tithe was a royal tax, but assessed using ecclesiastical boundaries, in 1188. The legal validity of the tithe system was affirmed under the Statute of Westminster of 1285 . The Dissolution of

385-646: A four-volume work about all Electoral Palatinate places, put together the following description: “Hohenöllen lies one and a half hours down from Wolfstein on the Lauter’s right bank. … A quarter hour to the side lies a considerable farm, called Sulzhof. Including this, the population of 41 families, which comprise 224 souls, is great. Besides a school, there are 33 townsmen’s houses and common houses. The municipal area contains 978 Morgen of cropfields, 100 Morgen of vineyards , 6 Morgen of gardens , 80 Morgen of meadows , 308 Morgen of forest . This last belongs partly to

462-538: A fundamental shift since then. Today, 95% of those in the workforce must now seek work elsewhere, outside the village. Hohenöllen is thus no longer a farming village. Even when it was, though, there were other ways to earn a living than by farming. There were jobs in mining and quarrying, and one could also become a Wandermusikant , or travelling musician (see the Hinzweiler article for more about this). According to 1906 statistics, 65 musicians from Hohenöllen were travelling

539-743: A parish together with the mother church in Tiefenbach , which was tended by the Order of Saint John from Meisenheim . With the introduction of the Reformation , at the Prince-Bishop-Elector's decree, everyone became first Lutheran , and then, as of 1588, Calvinist . After the Thirty Years' War , villagers could once again choose their faith, and also, adherents of any Christian denomination were free to come and settle. During Electoral Palatinate times,

616-574: A proper sense of stewardship begins with the 'tithe'; a presentation of which belongs to Him. 'The tithe is the Lord's.' We have not given as a result of presenting the tithe. Our giving begins with the offering {after we have tithed}." The Treatise of the National Association of Free Will Baptists , Chapter XVI, specifically states that both the Old and New Testaments "teach tithing as God's financial plan for

693-407: A territorial patrimony these tithes were their means of support. The Levites, in turn, separated terumat ma'aser from their tithe ( 1 ⁄ 10 of the tithe, or 1 ⁄ 100 of the crop). The second tithe and poor tithe, both 1 ⁄ 10 of the crop, were taken in an alternating basis according to the seven-year shmita cycle. In years 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the cycle, second tithe

770-431: Is a lay ministry . The money that is given is used to construct and maintain its buildings as well as to further the work of the church. None of the funds collected from tithing is paid to local church officials or those who serve in the church. Those serving in full-time church leadership do receive stipends for living expenses, but they are paid from non-tithing resources, such as investments. Brigham Young University ,

847-466: Is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government. Modern tithes are normally voluntary and paid in cash , cheques or via online giving, whereas historically tithes were required and paid in kind , such as agricultural produce. After the separation of church and state , church tax linked to the tax system are instead used in many countries to support their national church. Donations to

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924-637: Is a part of sharing God's gifts so that no one in the family of faith will be without the necessities of life. Whether through community of goods or other forms of financial sharing, mutual aid continues the practice of Israel in giving special care to widows, orphans, aliens, and others in economic need (Deut. 24:17–22). Tithes and first-fruit offerings were also a part of this economic sharing (Deut. 26; compare Matt. 23:23). The Southern Baptist Convention resolved in 2013 to "exhort all Southern Baptists to tithe cheerfully and give sacrificially as good stewards of God’s blessings to their local churches." Article XIII

1001-430: Is defined by the church as payment of one-tenth of one's annual income. Many church leaders have made statements in support of tithing. Every Latter-day Saint has an opportunity once a year to meet with their bishop for tithing declaration . The payment of tithes is mandatory for members to receive the priesthood or obtain a temple recommend for admission to temples . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1078-408: 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. Hohenöllen's mayor is Hans Jürgen Reule. The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend sable a plough bendwise Or and argent a lyre azure. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the plough, hearkens back to

1155-403: Is settled and 95 ha is wooded. 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

1232-418: Is therefore a typical country community with a very great number of commuters living in it. The first schoolhouse was built sometime about 1770 as a simple timber-frame building for a winter school (a school geared towards an agricultural community's practical needs, held in the winter, when farm families had a bit more time to spare). This schoolhouse was torn down in the early 19th century, and in 1829, on

1309-541: Is unlikely to have happened during Count Palatine Ludwig I's (Ludwig the Black's) warlike disputes. It is assumed, rather, that it was an epidemic that put an end to the village. From 1544, the text of a Weistum (a Weistum – cognate with English wisdom – was a legal pronouncement issued by men learned in law in the Middle Ages and early modern times) from Hohenöllen has been preserved. Hardship and woe were brought to

1386-649: The Lautertalbahn , some 5 km away. Lauter (Glan) The Lauter is a tributary to the Glan . The river flows about 33 kilometres (21 mi) north-northwest of Kaiserslautern , through Hirschhorn , Wolfstein and Lauterecken where it meets the Glan. This article related to a river in Rhineland-Palatinate is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tithe A tithe ( / t aɪ ð / ; from Old English : teogoþa "tenth")

1463-529: The Baptist Faith and Message recognizes a Christian obligation to contribute without specifically mention a tithe. Other Southern Baptists do not observe a tithe, only an offering. Representing Southern Seminary , Professor Tom Schreiner states, "Is a tithe required? ... I would say no, because a tithe is part of the Mosaic covenant." The National Baptist Convention of America teaches that "Baptists believe that

1540-629: The Bezirksamt , and then the Landkreis (district). In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) became quite popular in Hohenöllen. In the 1928 Reichstag elections , 51.8% of the local votes went to Adolf Hitler ’s party, but by the 1930 Reichstag elections , this had shrunk to 45.7%. By the time of the 1933 Reichstag elections , though, after Hitler had already seized power , local support for

1617-728: The Catholic faith was once again to be promoted (but not enforced ). Nevertheless, most people kept their Reformed (Calvinist) beliefs. About 1700, the Reformed parish seat was moved to Einöllen. Lutherans belonged to the Church of Roßbach (nowadays an outlying centre of Wolfstein ). Today, about 80% of the villagers are Protestant . The Catholic Christians now officially belong to the Church of Reipoltskirchen, but usually attend services in Lauterecken . There are no Jews living in Hohenöllen. The council

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1694-676: The Kerb ) on the second weekend in September. On the Monday, two “Lulus” show up, young men wearing masks who pull the wagon of the Straußmädchen and Straußbuben (“bouquet girls and boys”). The custom supposedly goes back to a spoof on Napoleon . Hohenöllen is a village with great community spirit, and with the following clubs, which reflect that: Besides agricultural operations, which included winegrowing and fruitgrowing in earlier times, Hohenöllen had

1771-453: The offertory , people often place a portion of their tithes (sometimes along with additional offerings) in the collection plate. 2 Corinthians 9:7 talks about giving cheerfully, 2 Corinthians 8:12 encourages giving what one can afford, 1 Corinthians 16:1–2 discusses giving weekly (although this is a saved amount for Jerusalem ), 1 Timothy 5:17–18 exhorts supporting the financial needs of Christian workers, Acts 11:29 promotes feeding

1848-559: The tithes from Hohenhelde to his wife Fyhe von Eyche as a widow's estate. Then, in 1438, Henchin sold the Count the estate, which had since become his own, along with the income rights in Hohenhelde . As early as the 14th century, Hohenöllen was described as an Amt seat. The village was seat of an Unteramt within the Veldenz, and later Zweibrücken , Oberamt of Meisenheim. The Unteramt seat

1925-768: The Church toward the goal of tithing." It "deem[s] it a sacred responsibility and genuine opportunity to be faithful stewards of all God has entrusted to us: our time, our talents, [and] our financial resources". Tithing in medieval Eastern Christianity did not spread so widely as in the West. A Constitution of the Emperors Leo I (reigned 457–474) and Anthemius (reigned 467–472) apparently expected believers to make voluntary payments and forbade compulsion. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America teaches "proportionate giving and tithing as normal practices of Christian giving." The Pentecostal Church of God teaches that "We recognize

2002-861: The German lands on the Rhine ’s left bank were annexed to the French Republic . Hohenöllen now belonged to the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Lauterecken, the Canton of Lauterecken, the Arrondissement of Kaiserslautern and the Department of Mont-Tonnerre (or Donnersberg in German ). In 1814, the French were driven out. A commission made up of Prussians , Bavarians and Austrians administered

2079-720: The Nazis had swollen to 64.9%. Hitler's success in these elections paved the way for his Enabling Act of 1933 ( Ermächtigungsgesetz ), thus starting the Third Reich in earnest. Even after the First World War , Hohenöllen belonged to Bavaria , although it was no longer a kingdom now that the last king , and of course the Kaiser , had abdicated . After the Second World War , the Palatinate

2156-563: The Storehouse Tithing, holds: That all our people pay to God at least one-tenth of all their increase as a minimum financial obligation, and freewill offerings in addition as God has prospered them. The tenth is figured upon the tither's gross income in salary or net increase when operating a business. The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church states that it is the responsibility of ecclesiastics to "educate

2233-496: The Sulzhof with its 15 or so houses lies north of the village on the way to Cronenberg , which itself lies roughly 4 km from Hohenöllen's main centre in the Sulzbach valley at an elevation of only 227 m above sea level. The Birkenhof was founded about 1970 as an Aussiedlerhof (outlying agricultural settlement), and lies about 200 m north of Hohenöllen. The municipal area measures 517 ha, of which roughly 9 ha

2310-434: The additional scriptures: And this shall be the beginning of the tithing of my people. And after that, those who have thus been tithed shall pay one-tenth of all their interest annually; and this shall be a standing law unto them forever, for my holy priesthood, saith the Lord. And it was this same Melchizedek to whom Abraham paid tithes; yea, even our father Abraham paid tithes of one-tenth part of all he possessed. Tithing

2387-703: The area until eventually, the Baierischer Rheinkreis (“Bavarian Rhine District”) was founded, later known as the Rheinpfalz (“Rhenish Palatinate”). The Congress of Vienna awarded this territory to Bavaria in 1816. Within the Rheinpfalz , Hohenöllen belonged to the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Lauterecken, the Canton of Lauterecken and the Landkommissariat of Kusel. From the Landkommissariat later arose

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2464-475: The centuries for Hohenöllen, with some figures broken down by religious denomination: The second part of the name, —öllen , developed out of the Middle High German word helde ( Modern High German : Halde ), meaning “heap” or “mound”, referring to the steep slope between the village and the Lauter valley. The first part of the name, Hohen— , is a declined form of the adjective hoch (“high”). Thus,

2541-432: The church beyond what is owed in the tithe, or by those attending a congregation who are not members or adherents, are known as offerings , and often are designated for specific purposes such as a building program, debt retirement, or mission work. Many Christian denominations hold Jesus taught that tithing must be done in conjunction with a deep concern for "justice, mercy and faithfulness" (cf. Matthew 23:23). Tithing

2618-512: The customary craft occupations in the village itself, along with the St. Antonius colliery , in business from 1777 to sometime towards 1900; it was quite small, employing about five workers. There was also a limestone mine, and for the village's own needs, there were also stone quarries. The village still has one inn (at the Sulzhof). Further independent businesses are no longer to be found here. The village

2695-605: The days when Hohenöllen was a farming village. The charge on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, the lyre, refers to the former industry of travelling musicians, Musikantentum . The arms have been borne since 1979 when they were approved by the now defunct Rheinhessen-Pfalz Regierungsbezirk administration in Neustadt an der Weinstraße . The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate ’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: Hohenöllen holds its kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as

2772-403: The duty of providing for the material needs of the Church, each according to his own abilities" The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod teaches that "Encourage[s] cheerful, first-fruit, proportionate (including but not limited to tithing) living and giving in all areas of life by Christian stewards". The Discipline of The Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection , which teaches the doctrine of

2849-620: The early 12th century. In 1268, Hohenöllen had its first documentary mention in Goswin Widder's book about Electoral Palatinate , in which he refers to a lecture by the Heidelberg historian Grollius that mentioned that in that year, Craffto von Boxberg, whose wife was a Countess of Veldenz, leased, among other things, his holdings in Hohenhelden (Hohenöllen) to the Counts of Landsberg. The transaction

2926-559: The extant extrabiblical laws of the Ancient Near East deal with tithing, although other secondary documents show that it was a widespread practice in the Ancient Near East. William W. Hallo (1996 ) recognises comparisons for Israel with its ancient Near Eastern environment; however, as regards tithes, comparisons with other ancient Near Eastern evidence is ambiguous, and Ancient Near Eastern literature provides scant evidence for

3003-592: The first portion of the wool cut from my sheep. I would present these things at the altar to the priests, the descendants of Aaron. I would give the first tenth of my grain, wine, olive oil, pomegranates, figs, and other fruit to the Levites who served in Jerusalem. For six out of seven years, I also brought the cash equivalent of the second tenth of these crops to Jerusalem where I would spend it every year. I gave this to orphans and widows, and to Gentiles who had joined Israel. In

3080-461: The giving of various agricultural tithes in various situations, specifically terumah , terumat hamaaser , the first tithe , second tithe , poor tithe , and animal tithe . Not all these "tithes" actually had the proportion of 1 ⁄ 10 . These tithes are mentioned in the Books of Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy . Every year, terumah , first tithe and terumat ma'aser were separated from

3157-467: The grain, wine and oil. (As regards other fruit and produce, the Biblical requirement to tithe is a source of debate.) Terumah did not have a set amount, but the rabbis suggested it be 1 ⁄ 50 of the crop. First tithe was 1 ⁄ 10 of the crop. Terumah and terumat maaser were given to priests ( kohanim ); the first tithe was given to Levites . As priests and Levites did not own or inherit

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3234-623: The hungry wherever they may be and James 1:27 states that pure religion is to help widows and orphans. According to a 2018 study by LifeWay Research that interviewed 1,010 Americans, 86% of people with Evangelical beliefs say that tithe is still a biblical commandment. Of those surveyed, 87% of Baptist believers, 86% of Pentecostal believers, 81% of Non-denominational believers share this position. The Seventh-day Adventist Church teaches in its Fundamental Beliefs that "We acknowledge God's ownership by faithful service to Him and our fellow men, and by returning tithes and giving offerings for

3311-411: The latter half of the 5th century BC. Nehemiah 10 outlines the customs regarding tithing. The Levites were to receive one tenth (the tithe) "in all our farming communities" and a tithe of the tithe were to be brought by them to the temple for storage. Nehemiah 13:4–19 recounts how Eliashib gave Tobiah office space in the temple in a room that had previously been used to store tithes while Nehemaiah

3388-720: The latter series comprising the Electoral Palatinate Ämter of Selz and Hagenbach (whose like-named seats today lie in France and Germany respectively). The seat of the Unteramt was now Wolfstein , which belonged to the Electoral Palatinate Oberamt of Kaiserslautern. Nevertheless, this arrangement lasted only a bit less than three decades before the whole feudal system was swept away. Goswin Widder, who about 1788 published

3465-527: The local church that tithing is the minimum goal of giving in The United Methodist Church." The Church of the Nazarene teaches Storehouse Tithing, in which members are asked to donate one-tenth of their income to their local church—this is to be prioritized before giving an offering to apostolates or charities. The Moravian Church encourages its members to "financially support the ministry of

3542-444: The local church, before offerings can be made to apostolates or charities. Traditional Jewish law and practice has included various forms of tithing since ancient times. Orthodox Jews commonly practice ma'aser kesafim (tithing 10% of their income to charity ). In modern Israel, some religious Jews continue to follow the laws of agricultural tithing, e.g., ma'aser rishon , terumat ma'aser , and ma'aser sheni . None of

3619-504: The municipality of Lohnweiler and the town of Lauterecken . Hohenöllen also meets the town of Wolfstein at a single point in the southwest. Also belonging to Hohenöllen are the outlying homesteads of Sulzhof and Birkenhof. Hohenöllen is a clump village whose main inhabited area lies on an old road running upon the plateau, skirting the Lauter valley's steeply sloped eastern edge. Particularly noteworthy buildings named by Schüler-Beigang are

3696-453: The municipality opposed the government's plans. Thus it became possible for the actual schoolteacher to teach in the big class and for a trainee to take the smaller class in the auxiliary space. About 1870, the schoolhouse was given a ridge turret in which a bell could be hung. A new schoolhouse in the Classicist style was built in 1899 with one classroom for the primary school pupils, while

3773-561: The municipality, partly to the Baron of Fürstenwärther and a few subjects, also at the Sulzhof. They are subordinate to the forestry duties of the forester at Katzweiler .” French Revolutionary troops were operating in the Western Palatinate beginning in 1793 as the old ruling structures were being dissolved bit by bit. In 1798, the inhabitants of Hohenöllen were under orders to set up a Liberty pole , but they refused to do so. In 1801,

3850-473: The now otherwise heirless County of Veldenz – his wife had inherited the county, but not her father's title – and by redeeming the hitherto pledged County of Zweibrücken, Stephan founded a new County Palatine, as whose comital residence he chose the town of Zweibrücken : the County Palatine – later Duchy – of Palatinate-Zweibrücken . It was likely sometime before 1500 that the village of Sulzbach vanished. It

3927-720: The practice of tithing and the collection of tithes. Some specific instances of the Mesopotamian tithe, taken from The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago : According to Diodorus Siculus , the Carthaginians , who were originally Tyrian colonists, customarily sent Melqart ( Heracles in Interpretatio graeca ) a tenth of all that was paid into the public revenue. The Torah commands

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4004-450: The proclamation of His gospel and the support of His Church." The Mennonite Church teaches that "tithing as a minimum baseline is one of the principles on which financial giving in this ' first fruits ' system is based": We depend on God's gracious gifts for food and clothing, for our salvation, and for life itself. We do not need to hold on tightly to money and possessions, but can share what God has given us. The practice of mutual aid

4081-410: The same spot, a new schoolhouse was built. In the beginning, both Evangelical and Catholic schoolchildren were taught together. Since not all the children could be taught in the single room , the municipality acquired a private house in 1843 in which an assistant would take over teaching for the few Catholic schoolchildren. Because two classes of greatly differing sizes (about 60:15) would then arise,

4158-413: The schoolhouse and a classroom that stands next door, a day labourer's house and the war memorial that stands in the open countryside to the village's south. Otherwise, the village's appearance is dominated by farmhouses, either Einfirsthäuser (houses with a single roof ridge) or Quereinhäuser (combination residential and commercial houses divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to

4235-594: The scriptural duty of all our people, as well as ministers, to pay tithes as unto the Lord. Tithes should be used for the support of active ministry and for the propagation of the Gospel and the work of the Lord in general." The International Pentecostal Holiness Church likewise instructs the faithful that: Our commitment to Jesus Christ includes stewardship. According to the Bible everything belongs to God. We are stewards of His resources. Our stewardship of possessions begins with

4312-440: The strangers, orphans, and widows, and distributed locally "within thy gates" to support the Levites and assist the poor. An additional tithe, mentioned in Leviticus 27:32–33 is the cattle tithe , which is to be sacrificed as a korban at the Temple in Jerusalem . Tithing is mentioned twice in the stories of the Biblical patriarchs : Tithing is mentioned several times in the Book of Nehemiah , which chronicles events in

4389-411: The street), and also workers’ houses. Many farmhouses have been converted to purely residential use. Small new development areas mark the village's outskirts. To the south lies the graveyard. The Sulzhof, lying on both sides of the Sulzbach, was originally made up of a few farmhouses and an inn . These buildings, too, have mostly been converted to purely residential use. The countryside around Hohenöllen

4466-423: The support of His work." The Council of Trent , which was held after the Reformation , taught that "tithes are due to God or to religion, and that it is sacrilegious to withhold them", but the Catholic Church no longer requires anyone to give ten percent of income. The Church simply asks Catholics to support the mission of their parish. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church "The faithful also have

4543-406: The third year, when I brought and gave it to them, we would eat together according to the instruction recorded in Moses' Law, as Deborah my grandmother had taught me..." Orthodox Jews continue to follow the biblical laws of tithes (see above ) to a limited extent. As understood by the rabbis, these laws never applied and do not apply outside the Land of Israel . For produce grown in modern Israel,

4620-496: The tithe. All our members are expected to return a tenth of all their income to the Lord. The Book of Order of the Presbyterian Church (USA) states, with respect to the obligation to tithe: "Giving has always been a mark of Christian commitment and discipleship. The ways in which a believer uses God's gifts of material goods, personal abilities, and time should reflect a faithful response to God's self-giving in Jesus Christ and Christ's call to minister to and share with others in

4697-435: The tithes are separated but not given, as no Jew can prove they are a priest or Levite and thus entitled to the produce. Instead, a custom has arisen to tithe 10% of one's earnings to charity ( ma'aser kesafim ). The Mishnah and Talmud contain analysis of the first tithe , second tithe and poor tithe . Animals are not tithed in the modern era when the Temple is not standing. Many churches practiced tithing, as it

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4774-412: The upper classes remained at the old schoolhouse. Beginning in the 1922/1923 school year, the two classes switched places. About 1969, the two-class Hohenöllen school was dissolved. The upper class went to the Hauptschule in Lauterecken while the lower class went to the Lohnweiler - Heinzenhausen primary school. The old Hohenöllen schoolhouse passed into private ownership. The so-called new schoolhouse

4851-439: The village by the Thirty Years' War and the Plague . Further suffering came in the late 17th century with French King Louis XIV's wars of conquest. In 1672, eleven families were once again living in the village, making Hohenöllen one of the biggest villages in the greater area. Hohenöllen belonged to the County Palatine of Zweibrücken until it became part of Electoral Palatinate in 1768. The instrument whereby this happened

4928-438: The village is often called a Roman road . An exact date for Hohenöllen's founding cannot be determined; the vanished and later revived centre of Sulzbach (now called the Sulzhof) might well have been older. It is believed to have arisen in the 8th or 9th century, whereas the village itself arose only in the 10th or 11th century. Both centres lay in the Nahegau and passed to the County of Veldenz when this became independent in

5005-409: The village's name can be taken to mean “Settlement behind the steep slope”. The link with the earlier form, helde , can be seen in some of the name's earlier forms: Hohenhelde (1268), Hoynhelden daz Ampt (1387), Honellen (1565). The Sulzhof, an outlying centre of Hohenöllen, was originally a village in its own right, named Sulzbach. The Sulz— may have referred to a salty spring , or perhaps to

5082-404: The world plying their trade at the time. The population figures broke the 500 mark as early as the early 19th century, peaking around the turn of the 20th century. Since then, the trend has been towards a steady fall in numbers. Commuters go to jobs in, among other places, Kaiserslautern , Wolfstein , Kusel , Lauterecken and Meisenheim . The following table shows population development over

5159-484: The world. Tithing is a primary expression of the Christian discipline of stewardship". The United Church of Christ , a denomination in the Congregationalist tradition, teaches that: When we tithe we place God as our first priority. We trust in God's abundance instead of worrying about not having enough. Tithing churches live out a vision of abundance rather than a mentality of scarcity. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) bases its tithing on

5236-416: Was away. When Nehemiah returned he called it an evil thing, threw out all Tobiah's household items and had his rooms purified so that they could once more be used for tithes. The Book of Malachi has one of the most quoted Biblical passages about tithing. God (according to Malachi) promises that if the Jews begin to keep the laws of tithing, God will "open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you

5313-530: Was later moved to Einöllen . Sulzbach, on the other hand, was home to nobles, such as a Rudolf von Soltzbach in 1387. It is often hard to tell whether the lords took their name from the local place or from the like-named and likewise vanished village of Sulzbach that once lay within Bedesbach ’s current limits. In 1444, the newer line of the Counts of Veldenz died out in the male line. The last count's daughter Anna had married King Ruprecht's son Count Palatine Stephan . By uniting his own Palatine holdings with

5390-501: Was linked to the Veldenz transition from the older line to the newer line. Both Hohenöllen and Sulzbach were later named repeatedly in Veldenz documents. In 1431, Henchin Wolf von Spanheim acknowledged that he had received a series of holdings from Count Friedrich III of Veldenz, among them certain taxation rights in Hohenhelde . That same year, Henchin Wolf announced to the Count that his late brother had sold these income rights. A year later, Count Friedrich granted Henchin leave to transfer

5467-495: Was separated from Bavaria and became part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In the course of administrative restructuring in the state, the old administrative structures were dissolved, and in early 1972, Hohenöllen, along with the Sulzhof, passed as an Ortsgemeinde to the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Lauterecken . Even into the 20th century, most inhabitants in Hohenöllen earned their livelihoods in agriculture . This reality has, however, undergone

5544-638: Was settled as early as prehistoric times , bearing witness to which are archaeological finds, such as one made in 1964 in Hob (a rural cadastral name) by a student, a stone hatchet made of hard, grey stone with a pointed knob and offset sides, and with a length of 9.4 cm. Another such hatchet was found in some heaped earth near a farm. The earth itself had been heaped there more than one hundred years earlier, having likewise been dug up in Hob. Roman finds have not come to light in Hohenöllen itself, unlike what has been found in neighbouring villages. The road running by

5621-425: Was taken over by the municipality for its own requirements. Hohenöllen lies on Landesstraße 383, branching off which in the middle of the village is Kreisstraße 51, leading towards Reipoltskirchen . The nearest Autobahn interchanges are the ones at Kaiserslautern and Kusel , each some 25 km away. To the west runs Bundesstraße 270. The nearest railway station is Lohnweiler - Heinzenhausen on

5698-499: Was taken. In years 3 and 6, poor tithe was taken. (In year 7, private agriculture was prohibited, all crops that grew were deemed ownerless, and no tithes taken.) The second tithe was kept by the owner, but had to be eaten at the site of the Temple . (If this was difficult, the second could be redeemed for money which would be used to buy food at the Temple site. ) The poor tithe was given to

5775-691: Was taught at early Christian church councils , including the Council of Tours in 567 , as well as the Third Council of Mâcon in 585. Tithing remains an important doctrine in many Christian denominations , such as the Congregational churches , Methodist Churches and Seventh-day Adventist Church . Some Christian Churches, such as those in the Methodist tradition, teach the concept of Storehouse Tithing , which emphasizes that tithes must be prioritized and given to

5852-444: Was taught by the Council of Tours in 567 , and in the Third Council of Mâcon in AD 585, a penalty of excommunication was prescribed for those who did not adhere to this ecclesiastical law. Tithes can be given to the Church at once (as is the custom in many Christian countries with a church tax ), or distributed throughout the year; during the part of Western Christian liturgies known as

5929-697: Was the Selz - Hagenbach Treaty, also known as the Schwetzingen Compromise, under whose terms Zweibrücken exchanged a series of villages for another series of hitherto Electoral Palatinate villages, the former series comprising mainly the Zweibrücken villages in the Schultheißerei of Einöllen with Hohenöllen, the then town of Odernheim , Frankweiler, Niederhausen , Hochstätten and Melsheim (now in France ), and

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