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Donnersbergkreis

Coordinates: 49°38′N 7°55′E / 49.633°N 7.917°E / 49.633; 7.917
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Donnersbergkreis
District
Flag of Donnersbergkreis
Flag
Coat of arms of Donnersbergkreis
Coat of arms
Map
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
CapitalKirchheimbolanden
Government
 • District admin.Rainer Guth
Area
 • Total645.46 km2 (249.21 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total76,208
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationKIB, ROK
Websitedonnersberg.de

The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.

History

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The district was created in 1969 by merging the districts Kirchheimbolanden and Rockenhausen.

Geography

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The district is located around the highest mountain of the Palatinate, the Donnersberg with 687 m above sea level.

Coat of arms

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Both of the districts merged into the Donnersbergkreis had a wheel in their coat of arms, which are now also shown in the coat of arms of the new district. On the left is the red wheel of the Lords of Bolanden, taken from the Kirchheim coat of arms. The blue wheel on the right is the wheel of the Lords of Falkenstein, taken from the Rockenhausen coat of arms. The green field on the bottom with the peak symbolizes the Donnersberg, the highest elevation in the district, and the sun the importance of the sunny plains for viticulture.

Towns and municipalities

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Verbandsgemeinden
  1. Eisenberg1, 2
  2. Kerzenheim
  3. Ramsen
  1. Albisheim
  2. Biedesheim
  3. Bubenheim
  4. Dreisen
  5. Einselthum
  6. Göllheim1
  7. Immesheim
  8. Lautersheim
  9. Ottersheim
  10. Rüssingen
  11. Standenbühl
  12. Weitersweiler
  13. Zellertal
  1. Bennhausen
  2. Bischheim
  3. Bolanden
  4. Dannenfels
  5. Gauersheim
  6. Ilbesheim
  7. Jakobsweiler
  8. Kirchheimbolanden1, 2
  9. Kriegsfeld
  10. Marnheim
  11. Mörsfeld
  12. Morschheim
  13. Oberwiesen
  14. Orbis
  15. Rittersheim
  16. Stetten
  1. Alsenz
  2. Bayerfeld-Steckweiler
  3. Bisterschied
  4. Dielkirchen
  5. Dörrmoschel
  6. Finkenbach-Gersweiler
  7. Gaugrehweiler
  8. Gehrweiler
  9. Gerbach
  10. Gundersweiler
  11. Imsweiler
  12. Kalkofen
  13. Katzenbach
  14. Mannweiler-Cölln
  15. Münsterappel
  16. Niederhausen an der Appel
  17. Niedermoschel
  18. Oberhausen an der Appel
  2. Obermoschel2
  3. Oberndorf
  4. Ransweiler
  5. Rathskirchen
  6. Reichsthal
  7. Rockenhausen1, 2
  8. Ruppertsecken
  9. Sankt Alban
  10. Schiersfeld
  11. Schönborn
  12. Seelen
  13. Sitters
  14. Stahlberg
  15. Teschenmoschel
  16. Unkenbach
  17. Waldgrehweiler
  18. Winterborn
  19. Würzweiler
  1. Börrstadt
  2. Breunigweiler
  3. Falkenstein
  4. Gonbach
  5. Höringen
  6. Imsbach
  7. Lohnsfeld
  8. Münchweiler an der Alsenz
  9. Schweisweiler
  10. Sippersfeld
  11. Steinbach am Donnersberg
  12. Wartenberg-Rohrbach
  13. Winnweiler1
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

References

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  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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