Dahn

Dahn

Dahn
Coat of arms of Dahn
Dahn is located in Germany
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Dahn
Coordinates 49°9′5″N 7°46′47″E / 49.15139°N 7.77972°E / 49.15139; 7.77972Coordinates: 49°9′5″N 7°46′47″E / 49.15139°N 7.77972°E / 49.15139; 7.77972
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Südwestpfalz
Municipal assoc. Dahner Felsenland
Mayor Alexander Fuhr (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 40.75 km2 (15.73 sq mi)
Elevation 210 m  (689 ft)
Population 4,497 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 110 /km2 (286 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate PS
Postal code 66994
Area code 06391
Website www.dahn.de

Dahn is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate Forest, approximately 15 km southeast of Pirmasens, and 25 km west of Landau. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Dahner Felsenland.

Landmark: The Jungfernsprung rock
War Memorial for the killed in action of WW I and II

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Geography

Dahn is located 210 m above sea level in a valley of the Dahner Felsenland, a part of the Wasgau, which is itself a part of the Palatinate Forest. A small creek, the Lauter, flows through Dahn, and here, in the area of its headwaters, is called the Wieslauter. The border with Alsace (France) is located 10 km south of Dahn.

History

Coat of arms

In 1952 the coat of arms was recreated as a result of historical research. The new shield, parted per chevron has on its dexter chief: azure (blue), a cross argent (silver); on its sinster chief: gules (red), an eagle argent (silver) and on its base: or (gold), a fir tree vert (green).

The fir tree (ger.: Tanne [assumed as a symbol for the name of the town]) formerly stood alone as the symbol of Dahn. The new coat of arms considers the following historical points: The knights of Than, feudatories of the bishop of Speyer, were the lords of Dahn for over four hundred years and may have called themselves after the town. This was the reason for inferring the white eagle with red background from the knight's coat of arms which showed three white eagles (maybe the symbol for the triple castle Altdahn-Grafdahn-Tannstein). After the extinction of the House of Than in 1603 Dahn was the head office of a department of the diocese of Speyer. This situation lasted until the beginning of the French revolutionary wars in 1797/98. That is why the white cross was adopted from that diocese. The fir remains as a memorial to the name of the town, the old seal of the Court and the scenic location of the city in the Palatinate Forest.

Municipal law

Dahn received its municipal law on the 27th of October, 1963 after the Land Rhineland-Palatinate acceeded to its application which had been filed on the 24th of January, 1963.

Policy

Aldermen:
(Elections on 7 June 2009, number of mandates: 20)

  SPD CDU FDP FWG Summation
2009 7 8 3 2 20 Seats
2004 4 12 1 3 20 Seats

Culture and sightseeing

In the neighborhood of Dahn there is the ruin of a triple castle, the Altdahn-Grafendahn-Tannstein castle, as well as the castle of Neudahn, which is also a ruin, although a less spectacular one.

A 70 m tall rock juts above the city and is a famous destination for rock climbers during the summer. Its name Jungfernsprung ("Virgin's Leap"), is derived from an old legend.

Even nowadays the forests and sandstone rocks surrounding Dahn give fantastic Lebensraum to the fabulous Elwetritsche. To honour the excellent relation between inhabitants of Dahn and Elwetritsche there is an Elwetritsche lecture trail, an Elwetritsche hiking trail as well as Elwetritsche fountains and further memorials.

Economy and infrastructures

Economy

Dahn, unfortunately, has had to get along without much industry due to the Südwestpfalz district's structural weakness. Because of this the population has declined. Only tourism shows an upwards trend because nature in the surrounding area is largely intact and frequently quite spectacular.

Traffic

The Bundesstraße 427 (Hinterweidenthal-Bad Bergzabern) passes through Dahn. The initially proposed plug-in connection of Bundesautobahn 8 (Pirmasens-Karlsruhe) which was planned to pass Dahn has never been realised.

Since 1997 the Wieslauterbahn calls at Dahn on Sundays and statutory holidays. It connects Hinterweidenthal and Bundenthal. Regular public train service stopped in 1966.

Healthcare

The public hospital St.-Josef-Krankenhaus closed at the end of 2005 due to cost concerns. The Felsenland-Klinik, a psychotheraputic hospital, uses its own specially developed technique of psychoanalytic hypnosis. Dahn also has an outpatient living group of the Pfalzklinikum für Psychiatrie und Neurologie ("Palatinate Hospital For Psychiatrics And Neurology"), which is situated in Klingenmünster.

Education

The elementary school of Dahn provides educational services for the municipality of Dahn as well as the municipalities of Schindhard and Erfweiler. The school centre of Dahn is within the commuter belt of a Hauptschule, a Realschule and the Otfried-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium of Western-Wasgau. This gymnasium is the only one in the Südwestpfalz. Dahn also has a special needs school (the Ritter-von-Tann-Förderschule). During the years 1958 through 1994 the Catholic Church operated a boarding school, the Studienheim St. Pirmin.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the city of Dahn

  • Stefan Baron (*1948), trust spokesman of the Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Alexander Fuhr (*1969), politician, member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate (Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)), mayor of the city of Dahn
  • Theodor Kissel (*1962), historian and author
  • Ingbert Naab (1885–1935), Friars Minor Capuchin and resistance fighter against National Socialism, beatified, Pater-Ingbert-Naab-street bears his name
  • Theodor Schaller (1900–1993), Theologian and church president

Personalities, operated in Dahn

  • Stephan Eisel (*1955), politician (Christian Democratic Union (CDU)), visited the Otfrid-von-Weißenburg-Gymnasium
  • Heiner Geißler (*1930), politician (Christian Democratic Union (CDU)), lives in Dahn.
  • Fritz Korter (1892–1945), sculptor, creator of the Dahn war memorial
  • Friedl Rinder (1905–2001), chess player, winner of the 1959 German Chess Women's Championship, which took place in Dahn

References

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