The name is documented in both 1682 and 1845 in the original cadastre. „Lanze“ (lance) refers to the narrow, elongated shape of the meadow valley. „Hessel“ stands for hazel bush,…

Between the Schnellbach and Lanzenhesseltal valleys, a narrow ridge protrudes from the boundary near Fockenberg to the southeast into the Hainbuchental valley. It is the open field “Auf den Gemeindeäckern”…

At this point, the Hainbuchental branches into three small valleys, each with a source stream. The middle valley is called „Schnellbach“. It extends beyond the boundaries of the district up…

The Spinnberg stretches up to the ridgeway (Hilschberger Höhenweg). At 393 meters it is also the highest point in the community of Kottweiler-Schwanden. The poverty of the rural population in…

Since the Middle Ages, it has been the task of the shepherds to bring the cattle of the farmers in a community out to grass during the day. Every year…

The open field “Am Breitenacker” extends above today’s “Sauerwiese” street. In total, it is an arable area of approx. 200 x 200 meters, which was laid out in the settlement…

1784: „The little piece on the yellow pear tree“ (Electoral Palatinate files) As can be seen from the Kurpfalzakte of 1784, the name of the open field-system goes back to…

The Sauerwiese describes the area that stretches from the Sulzbach creek up to the Steckerweg road and extends to the new development area „In der Sauerwiese“. The name derives from…

The path that leads to the “Sauerwiese” new development area in Schwanden is called “Stöckerweg” in the original cadastre, and has been popularly modified to “Steckerweg”. The land was used…

Today, the name „Hagisch Seit“ describes the Friedhofstrasse and the valley side that goes with it. The word “Hagisch” goes back linguistically to the Middle High German word “hac” or…