Schallodenbach
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Schallodenbach is local municipality located in the district Kaiserslautern of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Location
Schallodenbach is situated approximately 13 km north of Kaiserslautern. Schallodenbach is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Otterberg (a convention community, or regional administrative entities of that region of Germany), which has it's seat of administration in the actual city of Otterberg.
[edit] Politics and Local Events
The local council is made up of 13 councilmen and -women (including the mayor). An annual village celebration event is held at the end of each July in Schallodenbach.
[edit] History
The village is named for the eponymous von Schallodenbach. The village is first mentioned in writing in a document created in 1202, indicating that the village was built shortly beforehand, in the very early 13th century, or the latest period of the 12th century AD. The original 'owner' of the place, so to speak, was knight Johann of Odenbach, and the village was intitially known by his name.
[edit] Other Histories
There is a low castle in Schallodenbach, but it is now destroyed and unoccupied. The grave stones of Johann Gottfried of Sickingen and his wife Anna Magdalena of Obentraut lie in the local chapel.
[edit] The Village
In the village there is a Physician, a post office, bank, hairdresser, butcher's shop, grocer's shops and catering trade enterprises, kindergarten and primary school. There is also a sports field and a children's playground in Schallodenbach.
Nearby there is a thickly-forrested notching valley with oak trees and grassy pastures. Among the local flora and fauna of this valley are the green woodpecker, small woodpecker, Pirol, Iltis and Steinmarder.
[edit] Other
- Population: 950
- Size: 750 hectares
- Local Mayor: Hans Michel
- Zip Code: 67701
(as of 11 March 2007)
