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68-687: The municipality lies near the river Glan in the Western Palatinate . Rathsweiler lies in the Glan valley near where the Steinalb empties into the Glan at an elevation of 187 m above sea level and at the foot of the Hohlbusch (403 m) and the Nollkopf (402 m). Within the village itself, elevations range from 195 to 220 m above sea level. The municipal area measures 425 ha, of which 116 ha

136-422: A cure, but he died later that same year. Assistant teacher Burkhardt from Erdesbach now took over the classes, but it was not long before another schoolteacher took over from him, Jakob Weber from Sankt Julian , but then he forthwith had to serve a half year in the military, and while he was away, his place was taken by Friedrich Kopf from Gumbsweiler . Weber came back from his stint in the forces and also took over

204-533: A municipal councillor, retired from his job on the grounds of advancing age, and the municipality sought a new schoolteacher. The only applicant was Jacob Kayser from Friedelhausen , and so he was hired. The one-room school with its seven-year levels was then attended by 48 schoolchildren. For each pupil, the schoolteacher was owed one franc, and the municipality further paid him 40 francs. Each family with schoolchildren had to deliver payment in kind, namely 25 L of rye and 10 L of spelt . Cash, kind and use of

272-476: A personal name, Rado , suggesting that the village arose from a homestead founded by an early Frankish settler named Rado. The village's first documentary mention came in 1364 and rendered the name Raitzwijlre ; the vanished village of Brücken also had its first documentary mention in this same document. Over the ages, the village has borne, among other names, Ratzwilre (1377), Raytzßwilre (1416), Raitzwilre (1454) and Ratzwillr (1456 and 1588). Now and then,

340-502: A single roof ridge”) or Quereinhäuser (combination residential and commercial houses divided for these two purposes down the middle, perpendicularly to the street) along the former village street is said to be a special cultural monument featuring preserved farmhouses that were typical of the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France . The Christoffelsmühle , an old watermill , lies roughly 1 km from

408-630: A small prop-driven transport plane, also flew out of the base in the 1980s under the 10th Military Airlift Squadron , a tenant Military Airlift Command unit. The squadron's mission was to deliver high-priority aircraft parts to bases in USAFE to ensure a maximum number of aircraft were combat-ready. Today Zweibrücken Air Base has been transformed into the modern Zweibrücken Airport , an international airport with flights to Palma de Mallorca , Antalya , Gran Canaria , Teneriffe , Rhodos , Heraklion and Fuerteventura (TUIfly), Istanbul (Pegasus Airlines). On

476-598: Is a river in southwestern Germany , right tributary of the Nahe . It is approximately 68 km (42 miles) long. It rises in the Saarland , northwest of Homburg . It flows generally north, through Rhineland-Palatinate , and empties into the Nahe near Odernheim am Glan , at Staudernheim , across the Nahe from Bad Sobernheim . Other towns along the Glan are Altenglan , Glan-Münchweiler , Lauterecken and Meisenheim . The Celtic root of

544-643: Is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany , on the Schwarzbach River . The name Zweibrücken means 'two bridges'; older forms of the name include Middle High German Zweinbrücken , Latin Geminus Pons and Bipontum , and French Deux-Ponts , all with the same meaning. The town was the capital of the former Imperial State of Palatine Zweibrücken owned by the House of Wittelsbach . The ducal castle

612-494: Is about 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Pirmasens , 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Saarbrücken and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Kaiserslautern. The town stretches about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north to south and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) east-west. Weaving, brewing and the manufacture of machinery, chicory, cigars, malt, boots, furniture and soap were the chief industries before World War II. Nowadays Terex cranes and bulldozers and John Deere harvesting equipment are

680-480: Is an inn . The Christoffelsmühle , an old watermill , was once purely a gristmill , but today runs as a sawmill . It is unknown when a school was first established in Rathsweiler. In 1762, 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) was mentioned. In the summertime, interested schoolchildren could attend

748-579: Is now occupied by the high court of the Palatinate ( Oberlandesgericht ). There is a fine Gothic Protestant church, Alexander's church, founded in 1493 and rebuilt in 1955. From the end of the 12th century, Zweibrücken was the seat of the County of Zweibrücken , the counts being descended from Henry I, youngest son of Simon I, Count of Saarbrücken (d. 1182). The line became extinct on the death of Count Eberhard II (1394), who in 1385 had sold half his territory to

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816-558: Is operated by DB Regio Mitte with currently DMU's of the Class 642 ( Siemens Desiro Classic ). The public transport is operated by Stadtbus Zweibrücken GmbH, a Transdev Germany company, with currently eight bus lines (221-226, 228 and 229 on saturday from 2 p.m. and sundays). The company is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN). The bus service operates from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays, on weekends

884-482: Is the countrywomen's club ( Landfrauenverein ). Even today, agriculture is still a considerable factor in Rathsweiler's economy, even if it is one that is only now pursued by a few concerns. The former baryte and quicksilver mining was given up even before the First World War . In the village itself is a big woodworking business that grew out of a cabinetmaker's shop. Located favourably on Bundesstraße 420

952-609: Is wooded and roughly 10 ha is settled. In 1987, 160 ha of land was sold to the Federal Republic and it now belongs to the Baumholder troop drilling ground. Rathsweiler borders in the west and north on the Baumholder troop drilling ground, in the east on the municipality of Niederalben and in the south on the municipality of Ulmet . Also belonging to Rathsweiler is the outlying homestead of Christoffelsmühle. Originally,

1020-665: The CF-100 Canuck , then the CF-104 Starfighter . When the RCAF transferred the wing 100 km (62 mi) southeast to CFB Baden–Soellingen , the USAFE moved onto the base with Phantom RF-4C aircraft, under the 38th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron of the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing . These were photo-reconnaissance aircraft with missions all over Europe and used in Operation Desert Storm . The Short C-23 Sherpa ,

1088-794: The Counts of Veldenz held the Vogtei beginning in 1246. According to Michael Frey, the name cropped up as early as 1362 in connection with disagreements between the Counts of Veldenz and the Rhinegraves. It goes without saying that the original documents outlining these details have been lost, for according to Dolch and Greule (writing more than a century later), Rathsweiler's first documentary mention came in 1364. According to this document, which Count Heinrich II of Veldenz issued for his son Heinrich III and his wife Loretta of Sponheim – who lived at Castle Lichtenberg –

1156-513: The Hauptschule (“main school” – not to be confused with a “ Hauptschule ” as the word is understood today) in Ulmet . The municipality yielded up for the school's upkeep one Malter , two barrels and three Sester of corn ( wheat or rye ), and paid three Rhenish guilders in money. The full worth of these expenditures amounted to 8 Rhenish guilders, 4 Batzen , 14 Pfennige . In 1784, the winter school

1224-622: The Kingdom of Bavaria after Napoleon ’s defeat and the new political order laid down by the Congress of Vienna . It now belonged to the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt , then Landkreis or “district”) and Canton of Kusel and the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Ulmet in the bayerischer Rheinkreis , later known as Rheinpfalz (“Rhenish Palatinate”), a Bavarian exclave . In the early 1930s,

1292-515: The Nazi Party (NSDAP) became quite popular in Rathsweiler. In the 1930 Reichstag elections , 18.3% of the local votes went to Adolf Hitler ’s party, but by the time of the 1933 Reichstag elections , after Hitler had already seized power , local support for the Nazis had swollen to 62.8%. Hitler’s success in these elections paved the way for his Enabling Act of 1933 ( Ermächtigungsgesetz ), thus starting

1360-453: The Nazis came to power in 1933. The following table shows population development over the centuries for Rathsweiler, with some figures broken down by religious denomination: The village's name, Rathsweiler, has the common German placename ending —weiler , which as a standalone word means “ hamlet ” (originally “homestead”), to which is prefixed a syllable Raths— , believed to have arisen from

1428-690: The Third Reich in earnest. Only after the Second World War was there yet another meaningful change in the territorial arrangement. In the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate that began in 1968, Rathsweiler became an Ortsgemeinde within the Verbandsgemeinde of Altenglan in 1972. In days gone by, Rathsweiler was mainly characterized by its farming population, although there were day labourers , miners and quarrymen . There were hardly any craftsmen, though. Today, on

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1496-582: The Thirty Years' War for the Battle of Brücken, fought in 1632. The village itself was utterly destroyed, and nobody ever came to settle it again. Brücken had its first documentary mention in 1364 as Brucken undir deme Fluseberge ( Modern High German : Brücken unter dem Flussberg , meaning “Brücken under the River Mountain”). Later, vineyards near Brücken were also mentioned. Later documentary mentions rendered

1564-477: The Thirty Years' War , the municipal area became known for the Battle of Brücken ( Schlacht von Brücken ), Brücken being a now vanished village ( not the like-named place elsewhere in the district). The scene was set for this event when a Spanish campaign coming from Rockenhausen into the Glan valley invaded and was pursued by Swedish troops under Rhinegrave Otto's command. The Spaniards camped near Brücken, and on

1632-447: The A and V are meant to refer to Rathsweiler's former status as part of the Amt of Ulmet. The tinctures , azure and argent (blue and silver) refer to the village's former mediaeval lords, the Counts of Veldenz. The hammer and pick refers to the quicksilver mining that was formerly undertaken in the area around the municipality. The arms have been borne since 1978 when they were approved by

1700-542: The Count Palatine of the Rhine, and held the other half as his feudal domain. Louis (d. 1489), son of Stephen , founded the line of the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken . In 1533, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken converted Palatine Zweibrücken to the new Protestant faith. In 1559, Wolfgang founded the earliest grammar school in the town (Herzog-Wolfgang- Gymnasium ), which lasted until 1987. When Charles X Gustav ,

1768-569: The French annexation of Zweibrücken was confirmed; on its reunion with Germany in 1814 the greater part of the territory was given to Bavaria, the remainder to Oldenburg and Kingdom of Prussia . The town of Zweibrücken became part of the Palatine region of the Kingdom of Bavaria . At the ducal printing office at Zweibrücken the fine series of the classical editions known as the Bipontine Editions

1836-453: The Hohlbusch, many bricks have been unearthed, a clue that there might once have been a Gallo-Roman villa rustica here. A Roman road also once ran right by this place. Just when Rathsweiler was founded is something that cannot be pinpointed now, but the village is surely rather older than its 1364 first documentary mention. From the beginning, it lay within the Remigiusland , over which

1904-553: The Second World War the town was evacuated in 1939–1940, as it lay in the ‘Red Zone’ on the fortified Siegfried Line . Shortly before the end of the war, on 14 March 1945, the town was nearly completely destroyed in an air raid by the Royal Canadian Air Force, with the loss of more than 200 lives. On 20 March, American ground troops reached Zweibrücken. The town became part of the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate after

1972-865: The USA MATCOMEUR (Material Command, Europe), later renamed the US Army Material Management Agency, Europe. During the US military draw down in the 1990s, control of the Air Base was transferred to the Bundeswehr. The base's housing toward the center of the city and Kreuzberg itself were eventually also transferred to the German government by the mid-1990s. Zweibrücken is situated at the Landau-Rohrbach railway and offsets hourly connections to Saarbrücken . This line

2040-635: The arrangements changed again. Since then, Hauptschule students have been attending the Regionale Schule in Altenglan , while the primary school pupils have been attending the Grundschule Ulmet (formerly Grundschule Ulmet-Erdesbach ). Running through Rathsweiler is Bundesstraße 420 ( Oppenheim – Neunkirchen ), built in 1938 as an “army road” when the Siegfried Line was being built up, while to

2108-659: The chief industries. The Hochschule Kaiserslautern [1] , one of the largest universities in the Rhineland-Palatinate with about 6,300 students, has one of its three campuses in Zweibrücken. The city of Zweibrücken is represented at various cultural events by the Rose Queen, who is elected every two years. Zweibrücken has one of the largest Rosariums in the World with 45000 Plants and 1500 Species. It consists of 2 gardens with

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2176-512: The field were reckoned to be worth all together 152 francs. With schoolteacher Kayser, though, the municipality was not satisfied, for he apparently neither did anything nor showed any interest in doing anything to further the children's learning. Nonetheless, Kayser demanded a payrise. Clearly the upshot was not an agreement, for Kayser soon thereafter left Rathsweiler and his job was once again advertised. In 1843, two candidates applied, Karl Klaus from Ulmet and Georg Bauer from Erdesbach . Klaus, who

2244-582: The inhabitants of the Unteramt of Altenglan-Brücken had to contribute to this couple's needs. Heinrich III later became Count of Veldenz, ruling the county from 1371 to 1389. Loretta – also called Lauretta – came from the comital House of Sponheim-Starkenburg. In 1444, the County of Veldenz met its end when Count Friedrich III of Veldenz died without a male heir. His daughter Anna wed King Ruprecht's son Count Palatine Stephan . By uniting his own Palatine holdings with

2312-633: The letter V, dexter a moon decrescent and sinister a hammer and pick per saltire, all argent. In Rathsweiler, which belonged to the old Remigiusland , the local lordship was held first by the Counts of Veldenz and then later by the Counts Palatine and Dukes of Palatinate-Zweibrücken . Under the Veldenzes, Rathsweiler belonged to the Niederamt of Ulmet and under the Zweibrückens to a Schultheißerei of

2380-516: The main garden having a area of 50.000 square meters. The second, smaller garden is accessible without entry fee and is located at the Fasanerie and contains Wild Rose plants. The city is sometimes known as the "Rose City". The Zweibrücken City Museum has a permanent exhibition in the former residence of court gardener Ernst August Bernhard Petri, documenting the eventful history of Zweibrücken. In addition, special exhibitions take place regularly, e.g. on

2448-680: The morning of 25 May 1632, a heavy storm struck. After the storm, the Swedes surprised the Spaniards with a sudden attack on their camp, and set all 1,500 of them to flight. All the Spaniards’ supplies fell into the Swedes’ hands. There came more campaigns in the years that followed. All villages on the Middle Glan were destroyed, as was the town of Kusel . Only a very few people survived the onslaught, and Rathsweiler

2516-544: The most important old holdings libraries in the state. The Bibliotheca Bipontina is housed in the building of the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Zweibrücken. The Zweibrücken City Library, which has existed since 1903, is housed in an adjoining building of the town hall and has a stock of around 50,000 volumes. Branches are the youth library and the Rimschweiler branch. On the outskirts of the town, Zweibrücken Air Base

2584-581: The name Brucken , Bruchen or Bricken . This former village's name, derived from the German Brücke (“bridge”), refers to a Glan crossing near the Ulmet country chapel , and thus bears witness to a bridge spanning this river at a very early time. From days of yore, Rathsweiler belonged to the parish of Flurskappeln, now known as Ulmet. When the Reformation was introduced by the Counts Palatine of Zweibrücken ,

2652-678: The name comes either from glann (shining) or from glen (U-shaped valley). This article related to a river in Saarland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Rhineland-Palatinate is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zweibr%C3%BCcken Zweibrücken ( German pronunciation: [ˈtsvaɪˌbʁʏkŋ̍] ; French : Deux-Ponts —also historically in English—, French pronunciation: [dø pɔ̃] ; Palatinate German : Zweebrigge , IPA: [ˈtsʋeːbʁɪgə] ; literally translated as "Two Bridges")

2720-464: The names Nieder-Ratsweiler and Ober-Ratsweiler crop up (“Nether” and “Upper”). The name in its current spelling first appeared in 1824. The name Christoffelsmühle for the outlying mill goes back to a milling family named Christoffel, who owned the mill in the 19th century. Indeed, the mill had already been mentioned as far back as the 16th century, in 1568, as the mill before the Reisenfels , meaning before

2788-688: 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: Counted foremost among Rathsweiler’s natural monuments is the Steinalbmündung Nature Conservation Area ( Naturschutzgebiet Steinalbmündung ), parts of which actually also lie within Niederalben ’s and Ulmet’s limits. Formerly, Rathsweiler held its so-called Maikerb (“May Fair”) at

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2856-479: 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 . In 1526, the County Palatine of Zweibrücken introduced the Reformation . During

2924-535: The occasion of the 200th anniversary of the State Stud. The Bibliotheca Bipontina is a scientific regional library in Zweibrücken, whose holdings mainly go back to rescued parts of the ducal libraries and therefore partly houses very valuable first editions from the 16th century. It is part of the Landesbibliothekszentrum Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate State Library Centre) and one of

2992-403: The other hand, holds that man's fate is predetermined by God, and that the faithful can fulfil this predetermination and must submit themselves to strict church discipline through obedience and diligence, and by forgoing worldly pleasures. Disobedience to God, however, is the way to hell ( double predestination ). After the Thirty Years' War , when other denominations were once again allowed,

3060-401: The other hand, there are only a very few farmers who actually work the land as their main livelihood, and most people in the workforce must commute to jobs outside the village. Thus, the population is a heterogenous group, some of whom are elderly. Empty houses are, however, usually occupied before long. In the 19th century, a few Jews lived in Rathsweiler, but they had left the village before

3128-529: The other side of the town was Kreuzberg Kaserne, home to various units of the United States Army. Only one combat unit was located there: Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery , with its Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) at Ramstein Air Base . The 3d Battalion, 60th ADA was a subordinate unit of the 32nd Army Air Defense Command . Major tenants at Kreuzberg Kaserne were USAISEC-EUR (Information Systems Engineering Command - Europe) and

3196-455: The populace remained overwhelmingly Reformed, or after the 1818 Protestant Union, Evangelical . Until after the Second World War , the Catholic share of the population was roughly 2%. Only very recently has this risen to roughly 10% with the arrival of more Catholics from elsewhere. In the 19th century, a few Jews lived in Rathsweiler. In 1996, the population breakdown by religious affiliation

3264-506: The population converted to the Lutheran faith. However, beginning in 1588, Count Palatine Johannes I forced all his subjects to convert to Reformed belief as espoused by John Calvin . The difference between Luther's and Calvin's teachings should be briefly explained. An example of Lutheran teaching is the concept that man does not find his way to God simply by doing good works, but only through belief ( sola fide ). Calvinist teaching, on

3332-541: The rush hour. From 1996 to 1999, a temporary circuit at Zweibrucken Airport held various rounds of the Super Tourenwagen Cup and the German F3 Championship. The track still hosts historic racing events as recently as September 3, 2020 Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate

3400-419: The same name in the Oberamt of Lichtenberg. The village had no seal, though in 1748, testamentary affairs were being sealed in Rathsweiler twice, by the Landgericht (regional court) and the estate of Kusel as a kind of lower authority of the Oberamt . This authority sealed documents with a “ man in the moon ”. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side is meant to recall that seal, and

3468-418: The same time as neighbouring Niederalben , on the first weekend in May. Some years ago, however, the timing was changed so that it would fall at a different time, namely the third weekend in May. Other old customs have since disappeared from the village's cultural life. About 1903, a singing club was founded in Rathsweiler, but after the Second World War , it was never started back up. All that exists nowadays

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3536-486: The singing club and an insurance agency, like Assenbaum before him. He had to do another stint in the forces and this time was represented in the classroom by a schoolteacher from Ulmet. In 1908, Weber had himself transferred to Standenbühl , and he was succeeded as the local schoolteacher by Johannes Vogel, who right away applied for posts in Oggersheim and Limburgerhof , without success. In 1914, he wed Mathilde Schuck from Rathsweiler, Philipp Schuck's daughter. By 1924, he

3604-403: The son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg , succeeded his cousin, Queen Christina of Sweden , on the Swedish throne , Palatinate-Zweibrücken was in personal union with Sweden, a situation that lasted until 1718. Starting in 1680, Louis XIV 's Chambers of Reunion awarded Zweibruecken and other localities to France, but under the 1697 Treaty of Rijswijk , "The Duchy of Zweibruecken

3672-508: The southwest lies the Autobahn A 62 ( Kaiserslautern – Trier ). Until about 1985, the village had a connection to the Bad Münster am Stein – Homburg railway line, which had been running since 1904. The Niederalben-Rathsweiler railway station nowadays serves as a house. Visitors can now ride draisines on the track. Serving nearby Altenglan is Altenglan station on the Landstuhl–Kusel railway . Glan (Nahe) The Glan ( German pronunciation: [ɡlaːn] )

3740-416: The times are changed depending on the requirements. On Sunday, the bus service does not start until 2:00 p.m. and is then only provided with lines 225 and 229. The end of operations is then 7:30 p.m. The fleet consists of 10 MAN Lion's City city buses from 2020, and 4 articulated buses Mercedes-Benz Citaro G and a further 3 MAN Lion's City buses are available for school buses and booster traffic in

3808-440: The village core in the village's north end on the Steinalb, and can be reached only along a farm lane and forest path, or an indirect road from the neighbouring village of Niederalben . The waterwheel is still running even today. The area around what is now Rathsweiler was already settled in prehistoric times , bearing witness to which are archaeological finds from the neighbouring villages of Ulmet and Niederalben . Beneath

3876-447: The village lay along the Zweibrücken – Meisenheim cross-country road as a linear village (by some definitions, a “thorpe”). Rathsweiler's original characterization as a thorpe, however, was later lost in the expansion that the village underwent in the 19th and 20th centuries. These expansions lie on the road known today as Bundesstraße 420 and in a new building zone in the village's southwest. A row of old Einfirsthäuser (“houses with

3944-420: The war. In 1993, the town underwent a major change. With the departure of the Americans, the military area became free, which corresponded altogether to a third of the entire urban area. Unemployment increased to approximately 21%, leading to a decrease in demand in the retail trade of approximately 25%. Zweibrucken is in the Southwestern portion of the Western Palatinate , bordering the state of Saarland . It

4012-443: The “riven” or “broken” crag, which throughout the area was taken to refer to this mill. The village of Brücken – not the same place as the Brücken in the same district, just north of Schönenberg-Kübelberg – lay between Rathsweiler and Ulmet on the Glan's left bank, near the so-called Kappeler Brücke ( bridge ). In the Middle Ages , this place was for a time the seat of a Zweibrücken Unteramt . It became well known during

4080-424: Was 126 Evangelicals, 19 Catholics, 15 who had no affiliation and 33 who belonged to other faiths. The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Rathsweiler's mayor is Siegmund Steiner. The municipality's arms might be described thus: Azure a pall reversed wavy, in chief the letter A surmounted by

4148-499: Was Michael Assenbaum from Hilpoltstein in Franconia , who in 1889 was named a full teacher. This schoolteacher found himself at odds with the municipality when he demanded that the school cropfield have its own well and council would not approve such a thing. Assenbaum married Anna Maria Viktoria Göckel from Rothenburg in the same year that his last promotion is mentioned. To boost his income, he took over an insurance agency, but he soon became ill with tuberculosis . In 1903, he sought

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4216-404: Was closed because too few children wanted to take part in lessons. One year later, though, the winter school teacher managed to hold classes once again. It is likely that year-round schooling was only introduced in early Bavarian times. In 1837, the municipality bought a plot of land for the schoolteacher to use to better his circumstances. The schoolteacher at that time, Abraham Graß, who was also

4284-406: Was home during the Cold War to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) until early 1969, then to the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) from 1969. The RCAF stationed No. 3 Fighter Wing of No.1 Canadian Air Division at Zweibrücken AB. During the years 1953 to 1968, it was the home to the RCAF's 413 , 427 and 434 Fighter Squadrons flying F-86 Sabre jets , and 440 Squadron , which flew

4352-409: Was no exception. Until the French Revolution , there was no change in the local lordships. After Revolutionary France had annexed the German lands on the Rhine ’s left bank, Rathsweiler lay in the Mairie (“Mayoralty”) of Ulmet, the Canton of Kusel, the Arrondissement of Birkenfeld and the Department of Sarre . The village also remained tightly bound with Ulmet after it was united with

4420-440: Was no longer being mentioned as the Rathsweiler schoolteacher. It was at that time that Karl Schneider, born in 1903, applied for the post. The old one-room schoolhouse was used for lessons right up until 1968. Then, primary school pupils at first went to the primary school in Ulmet and the Hauptschule students to the Hauptschule Offenbach-St. Julian . With the introduction of the Verbandsgemeinde not long afterwards, however,

4488-403: Was published (1779 sqq.). The last prominent social event before the First World War was the inauguration of the Rosengarten (rose garden) by Princess Hildegard of Bavaria in June 1914. As a consequence of the First World War, Zweibrücken was occupied by French troops between 1918 and 1930. In the course of the Kristallnacht in 1938, Zweibrücken's synagogue was destroyed. On the outbreak of

4556-407: Was restored to the King of Sweden, as Count Palatine of the Rhine." In 1731, Palatinate-Zweibrücken passed to the Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken branch of the counts palatine, from where it came under the sway of Bavaria in 1799. It was occupied by France in 1793 and on 4 November 1797, Zweibrücken became a canton centre in department of Mont Tonnerre . At the Peace of Lunéville in 1801,

4624-426: Was then only 18 years old, was hired, but one year later, he was transferred. The municipality promised a considerable improvement of the benefits in money and kind, now with a total worth of 223 francs. Philipp Keiper from Niedermoschel filled the post and stayed in Rathsweiler until his retirement in 1885. In 1844, the municipality had a schoolhouse built, which in 1888 had a further floor added on. Keiper's successor

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