Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate and is part of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. Bobenheim am Berg belongs to the Freinsheim (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Freinsheim, whose seat is in the Freinsheim, like-named town.Demographics
Religion
In 2007, 43.5% of the inhabitants were Evangelical Church in Germany, Evangelical and 30.9% Roman Catholicism, Catholic. Those professing another religious affiliation, or none, amount to 25.6%.Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: ''In Gold ein schwarzes Gemarkungszeichen.'' The last word refers to the unusual charge (heraldry), charge seen on the escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon, a “municipal area sign”. The municipality's Coat of arms, arms might in English Heraldry, heraldic language be described thus: Or a bar and a saltire both couped, the arm in sinister chief crossed by a bendlet couped and the two arms in base conjoined by a chevron reversed sable. The tincture (heraldry), tinctures are the Palatinate (region), Palatine colours. The arms were approved in 1983 by the now abolished ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Rheinhessen-Pfalz and date from a 1714 court seal.Culture and sightseeing
Regular events
Each year on the second weekend in August, the kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the ''Kerwe'') is held, and on the first weekend of Advent, the ''Belzenickelmarkt'' (“Father Christmas/Santa Claus Market”).Famous people
The Member of the Bundestag, Norbert Schindler, lives in Bobenheim am Berg.Quelle: Die Rheinpfalz Nr. 247 22. Oktober 2008 : Nach dem Traumergebnis spendiert Schindler Schwarzriesling für alle - Neustadt: 59 -Jähriger als CDU-Bundestagskanditat für Wahlkreis Neustadt - Speyer nominiert Former President of the United States, US President Donald Trump’s patrilineal line traces back to Johann Paul Trump, who was born, c. 1727, and was from Bobenheim am Berg.References
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