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Grünstadt-Land
Grünstadt-Land is a former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was situated on the north-eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, around the town Grünstadt, which was the seat of Grünstadt-Land, but not part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. In January 2018 it was merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Leiningerland The Leiningerland is an historic landscape in the Palatinate region in the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is named after an aristocratic family that used to be the most important in the region, the House of Leiningen. Geograph .... Grünstadt-Land consisted of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): Former Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate {{BadDürkheim-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirchheim An Der Weinstraße
Kirchheim an der Weinstraße (or Kirchheim an der Weinstrasse) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. It sits at an elevation of just under 150 m above sea level near the north end of the German Wine Route. To the west rises the Haardt at the Palatinate Forest’s eastern edge, and to the east stretches the Upper Rhine Plain. Through the municipality, from west to east, flows the Eckbach, regionally known as ''die Eck''. Kirchheim an der Weinstraße belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are the town of Grünstadt and the villages of Bissersheim, Herxheim am Berg a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obrigheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
Obrigheim (Pfalz) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. Geography Location Obrigheim's main centre and its small outlying centres lie in a row from southwest to northeast on the middle Eisbach, where the uplands gradually give way to the Upper Rhine Plain. Along a stretch of some 5 km of the brook, the centres follow one after the other, first Albsheim on the right bank and Mühlheim on the left, then Heidesheim und Colgenstein on the right bank and finally the main centre, also called Obrigheim, and the Neuoffstein factory location, both on the left bank. Obrigheim belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In 1969, the smaller neighbouring municipaliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obersülzen
Obersülzen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. Geography Location Obersülzen lies at an elevation of just over 150 m above sea level in the northeastern Palatinate, just south of the boundary with Rhenish Hesse. Lying 5 km to the west (as the crow flies) is the Haardt, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest. Fifteen kilometres to the east across the Upper Rhine Plain is the Rhine. The upland in which the municipality is nestled is part of the outlying hills of the Palatinate wine region. Obersülzen belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. Neighbouring municipalities West of Obersülzen lies the small town of Grünstadt. Continuing clockwise, the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bissersheim
Bissersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Bissersheim lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. It sits at an elevation of 141 m above sea level near the northern end of the German Wine Route. To the west rises the Haardt, the Palatinate Forest’s eastern edge, and in the east stretches the Upper Rhine Plain. Flowing through the municipality from west to east is the river Eckbach, also regionally known as ''die Eck''. History In 774, Bissersheim had its first documentary mention as ''Bizziricheshaim''. After the Second World War, it belonged to the district of Frankenthal (''Landkreis Frankenthal''), until this was abolished in 1969. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laumersheim
Laumersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies in the northwest part of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. Geography Location This municipality lies in the historical ''Leiningerland'' (the lands once held by the Counts of Leiningen) on the Eckbach valley floodplain. The landscape is characterized by a hilly transitional zone between low mountains and a plain. To the west rises the Haardt at the Palatinate Forest’s eastern edge, and in the east stretches the Upper Rhine Plain. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the northwest, Laumersheim is bordered by Obersülzen, Dirmstein in the northeast, Gerolsheim in the southeast and Großkarlbach in the southwest. Each lies roughly 2 km away and belongs, like Laumersheim, to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In the late 8th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirmstein
Dirmstein ( pfl, Dermschdää) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With its roughly 3,000 inhabitants, it is the third largest ''Ortsgemeinde'' in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. Dirmstein lies in the outermost northeast of the district and the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. In the 8th century, Dirmstein had its first documentary mention, although this was undated. The first dated documentary mention came in 842. Although it never belonged to the Counts of Leiningen, it is today counted as part of the ''Leiningerland'', the name used for those noblemen's old domain. The historical and well restored village centre has been raised to a monumental zone by the monument protection authority.Georg Peter Karn, Ulrike Weber: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großkarlbach
Großkarlbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Großkarlbach lies near the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain and flowing through it is the river Eckbach. It is in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. In the municipality's west rise the hills of what was once called the ''Unterhaardt'', which since the 1970s has been considered part of the new ''Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße'' winegrowing region. Großkarlbach belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Laumersheim, Gerolsheim, Weisenheim am Sand, Freinsheim and Bissersheim. History Großkarlbach had a documentary mention as early as 768 in the Lorsch codex as ''Carloba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kindenheim
Kindenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and is a winegrowing centre in the Palatinate near the north end of the German Wine Route. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In 817, Kindenheim had its first documentary mention as ''Cunerono''. Later it was called ''Cunnenheim'' or ''Kinnenheim''. Until 1969 it belonged to the now abolished Frankenthal district, and in 1972 it was assigned to the newly formed ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Grünstadt-Land Religion In 2007, 59.8% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 12.5% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none. Politics Municipal council T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grünstadt
Grünstadt ( pfl, Grinnschdadt) is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with roughly 13,200 inhabitants. It does not belong to any ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – a kind of collective municipality – but is nonetheless the administrative seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland. Geography Location The town lies in the Leiningerland (the lands once held by the Counts of Leiningen) on the northern border of the Palatinate Forest about 10 km north of Bad Dürkheim, 15 km southwest of Worms and 20 km northwest of Ludwigshafen at the point where the German Wine Route crosses the Autobahn A 6. Grünstadt belongs to the “Unterhaardt” a landscape with submediterranean character as the geographer Christophe Neff wrote in his paysages blog. The town's landmark mountain is the so-called Grünstadter Berg. Climate Yearly precipitation in Grünstadt amounts to 529 mm, which is very low, falling into the lowest tenth of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiningerland (Verbandsgemeinde)
Leiningerland is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Grünstadt, which is not part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. It was formed on 1 January 2018 by the merger of the former ''Verbandsgemeinden'' Grünstadt-Land and Hettenleidelheim. It takes its name from the historic area Leiningerland. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Leiningerland consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): #Altleiningen # Battenberg # Bissersheim # Bockenheim an der Weinstraße # Carlsberg #Dirmstein #Ebertsheim # Gerolsheim #Großkarlbach # Hettenleidelheim # Kindenheim # Kirchheim an der Weinstraße #Kleinkarlbach # Laumersheim # Mertesheim # Neuleiningen # Obersülzen #Obrigheim #Quirnheim #Tiefenthal #Wattenheim Wattenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mertesheim
Mertesheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In 771, ''Meldrisheim'' had its first documentary mention. It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44. Until 1969 it belonged to the now abolished district of Frankenthal. Currently it is in the district of Bad Dürkheim, and it joined the newly formed ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Grünstadt-Land in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerolsheim
Gerolsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, which was formed in 2018, and whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. History In 915, Gerolsheim had its first documentary mention as ''Geroltesheimero''. Until 1969, the municipality belonged to the now abolished district of Frankenthal. In 1972 came the amalgamation with the newly formed ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Grünstadt-Land. The ''Sondermülldeponie Gerolsheim'' (“Special Garbage Dump”) was closed in 2003 after decades-long efforts by residents to reach that goal. Religion In 2007, 41.2% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 29.5% Catholic. The rest belonged to other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
