# Callbach

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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Callbach Municipality Coat of arms Location of Callbach within Bad Kreuznach district Location of Callbach Callbach Show map of Germany Callbach Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 49°42′13″N 7°41′57″E / 49.70361°N 7.69917°E / 49.70361; 7.69917 Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Bad Kreuznach Municipal assoc. Meisenheim Government • Mayor (2019–24) Uwe Mauritz[1] Area • Total 5.38 km2 (2.08 sq mi) Elevation 223 m (732 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 337 • Density 62.6/km2 (162/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 67829 Dialling codes 06753 Vehicle registration KH

**Callbach** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈkalbax\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German)) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the [Bad Kreuznach](/source/Bad_Kreuznach_(district)) [district](/source/Districts_of_Germany) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It belongs to the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Meisenheim](/source/Meisenheim_(Verbandsgemeinde)), whose seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Meisenheim).

## Geography

### Location

Callbach is a linear village (by some definitions, a “thorpe”) that lies in the [North Palatine Uplands](/source/North_Palatine_Uplands) at the Eschelbach valley, a side dale of the [Glan](/source/Glan_(Nahe)).

### Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Callbach's neighbours are the municipalities of [Rehborn](/source/Rehborn), [Unkenbach](/source/Unkenbach), [Finkenbach-Gersweiler](/source/Finkenbach-Gersweiler) (both in the neighbouring [Donnersbergkreis](/source/Donnersbergkreis)), [Schmittweiler](/source/Schmittweiler), [Reiffelbach](/source/Reiffelbach) and the town of [Meisenheim](/source/Meisenheim).

### Constituent communities

Also belonging to Callbach is the outlying homestead of Lindenhof.[3]

## History

After the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna), which about 1815 and the years that followed imposed a new political landscape on the region after [Napoleonic](/source/Napoleon) [French](/source/France) rule had ended, Callbach belonged to the *Rheinkreis* along with much of the [Palatinate](/source/Palatinate_(region)), a new [exclave](/source/Exclave) of the [Kingdom of Bavaria](/source/Kingdom_of_Bavaria). It remained Bavarian until the end of the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), since which time it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). In the course of administrative restructuring in this state in 1969, Callbach was transferred from the former Rockenhausen district (which was at the same time dissolved) to the [Bad Kreuznach](/source/Bad_Kreuznach_(district)) district, in which it still finds itself now. From an ecclesiastical standpoint, Callbach has long belonged to the [Evangelical Church of the Palatinate](/source/Evangelical_Church_of_the_Palatinate) ([Protestant](/source/Protestantism)) and to the [Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Speyer).

### Population development

Callbach's population development since [Napoleonic](/source/Napoleon) times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:[4]

Year Inhabitants 1815 391 1835 556 1871 580 1905 594 1939 540 Year Inhabitants 1950 541 1961 540 1970 540 1987 423 2005 419

## Religion

As at 31 August 2013, there are 386 full-time residents in Callbach, and of those, 313 are [Evangelical](/source/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany) (81.088%), 25 are [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) (6.477%), 2 (0.518%) belong to other religious groups and 46 (11.917%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.[5]

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[6]

### Mayor

Callbach's mayor is Uwe Mauritz.[1]

### Coat of arms

The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might be described thus: Argent a bend sinister wavy azure issuant therefrom in dexter chief a demilion of the same armed and langued gules, in sinister base a snowflake of the second.

The [charge](/source/Charge_(heraldry)) on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the “demilion” (“half lion”), is an heraldic device formerly borne by the [Counts of Veldenz](/source/County_of_Veldenz), Callbach's [mediaeval](/source/Middle_Ages) landholders. The other elements in the composition are [canting](/source/Canting_arms) for the village's original name, *Kaltenbach*, which meant “cold brook”. The bend sinister wavy (slanted wavy stripe) stands for a brook, and the [snowflake](/source/Snowflake) symbolizes coldness. The arms have been borne since 9 November 1981.[7]

## Culture and sightseeing

### Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[8]

Kirchstraße 17 – Evangelical parish church

- [Evangelical](/source/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany) [church](/source/Church_(building)), Kirchstraße 17 – [Classicist](/source/Classicism) [aisleless church](/source/Aisleless_church), marked 1780 and 1781, architect Friedrich Gerhard Wahl (see also below)

- Hauptstraße 34 – estate complex; [Late Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) *Einfirsthaus* (“house with single roof ridge”), marked 1790 and 1791

- Im Hof 2 – house, plastered building, essentially perhaps from the 16th or 17th century

- Schmittweilerstraße 1 – estate complex along the street; essentially Baroque house, marked 17?0 and 1802, barn, partly [timber-frame](/source/Timber_framing), possibly from the 18th or early 19th century

### Church

Callbach's [church](/source/Church_(building)) was first built in 1334, but over the course of history it has several times been destroyed and then built over again. In 1782, after a third reconstruction by the [Ducal Zweibrücken](/source/Palatine_Zweibr%C3%BCcken) Building Director Friedrich Gerhard Wahl, the [aisleless church](/source/Aisleless_church) assumed its current shape. Held at the church are services of the [Evangelical](/source/Evangelical_Church_in_Germany) faith, whose members make up a majority of some 80% in the village. The rectangular building rises on a slope overlooking Kirchstraße (“Church Street”), and access thereto is gained by way of a stairway up to a portal. Because of the sloped site, the church is underpinned in part by a simple [vaulted](/source/Vault_(architecture)) cellar. The cellar's façade towards the street is faced with [sandstone](/source/Sandstone) blocks. The building as a whole follows the [east-west orientation](/source/Orientation_of_churches) that is traditionally typical of church buildings. The monochromatically white plastered façade with its shaped elements in the [Classicist](/source/Classicism) style is framed by corner [lesenes](/source/Lesene) made of natural stone. The portal and the windows along the middle axis and a gable with a round window accentuate this straight-lined entrance façade. Beginning in 1993, the church – which is a parish church – was [renovated](/source/Renovation) in two phases. The exterior was done in 1993-1995, while the interior was done in 1998-1999. The overhaul and conversion brought into existence a newly structured multifunctional space inside the church. The inside, with its new colour scheme, now also offers rooms that may be used for various functions and purposes. The new spatial concept made it necessary to rearrange the seating and the original lateral alignment to the [altar](/source/Altar) and the [pulpit](/source/Pulpit) along the aisleless church's side wall. The stone slabs on the church floor with their signs of wear, the pews and the simple wooden table altar were overhauled and restored. A sandstone [stele](/source/Stele) with a [gilt](/source/Gilding) [baptismal font](/source/Baptismal_font) made according to current designs completes the church's furnishings. The building-in of a [kitchenette](/source/Kitchenette), chair storage, a [lavatory](/source/Toilet_(room)) facility and rooms with movable walls allow the parishioners to arrange the space for the most varied of occasions. Besides the church services and liturgical exercises, the church is also used for meetings and cultural events.

		- View through movable wall

		- Usual venue for services

		- Gathering room with variable seating

## Economy and infrastructure

### Transport

Running through the village is *[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)* 420. Serving [Staudernheim](/source/Staudernheim) is a [railway station](/source/Staudernheim_station) on the [Nahe Valley Railway](/source/Nahe_Valley_Railway) ([Bingen](/source/Bingen_am_Rhein)–[Saarbrücken](/source/Saarbr%C3%BCcken)).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mayor_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mayor_1-1) [Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1330000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)"](https://www.statistik.rlp.de/themen/bevoelkerung/daten/bevoelkerungsfortschreibung/bf-t2b) (in German). [Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz](/source/Statistisches_Landesamt_Rheinland-Pfalz).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile](http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1132_201001_ur_G.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20151125005812/http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1132_201001_ur_G.pdf) 2015-11-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Seite 15 (PDF; 2,3 MB)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-regionaldaten_4-0)** [Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten](http://www.infothek.statistik.rlp.de/neu/MeineHeimat/detailInfo.aspx?topic=2047&ID=3537&key=0713305020&l=3)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Religion](http://www.ewois.de/Statistik/user/htmlgen.php?stichtag=31.08.2013&ags=13305020&type=OG&linkags=0713305020)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat](http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1330502000.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Description and explanation of Callbach’s arms](http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Callbach)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Directory of Cultural Monuments in Bad Kreuznach district](http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Bad_Kreuznach.pdf)

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Callbach](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Callbach).

- [Brief portrait of Callbach with film at](http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/-/id=100766/nid=100766/did=2354982/1wm1nf7/) [SWR Fernsehen](/source/SWR_Fernsehen) (in German)

v t e Towns and municipalities in Bad Kreuznach (district) Abtweiler Allenfeld Altenbamberg Argenschwang Auen Bad Kreuznach Bad Sobernheim Bärenbach Bärweiler Becherbach Becherbach bei Kirn Biebelsheim Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Brauweiler Breitenheim Bretzenheim Bruschied Burgsponheim Callbach Dalberg Daubach Daxweiler Desloch Dörrebach Dorsheim Duchroth Eckenroth Feilbingert Frei-Laubersheim Fürfeld Gebroth Guldental Gutenberg Hackenheim Hahnenbach Hallgarten Hargesheim Heimweiler Heinzenberg Hennweiler Hergenfeld Hochstätten Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach Hüffelsheim Hundsbach Ippenschied Jeckenbach Kellenbach Kirn Kirschroth Königsau Langenlonsheim Langenthal Laubenheim Lauschied Lettweiler Limbach Löllbach Mandel Martinstein Meckenbach Meddersheim Meisenheim Merxheim Monzingen Münchwald Neu-Bamberg Niederhausen Norheim Nußbaum Oberhausen an der Nahe Oberhausen bei Kirn Oberstreit Odernheim am Glan Otzweiler Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Raumbach Rehbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Roth Roxheim Rüdesheim an der Nahe Rümmelsheim Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Schmittweiler Schneppenbach Schöneberg Schwarzerden Schweinschied Schweppenhausen Seesbach Seibersbach Simmertal Sommerloch Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Staudernheim Stromberg Tiefenthal Traisen Volxheim Waldböckelheim Waldlaubersheim Wallhausen Warmsroth Weiler bei Monzingen Weinsheim Weitersborn Windesheim Winterbach Winterburg

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