|
Otterbach (Verbandsgemeinde)
Otterbach is a former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' was in Otterbach. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Otterbach-Otterberg. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Otterbach consisted of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Frankelbach # Hirschhorn # Katzweiler # Mehlbach # Olsbrücken # Otterbach Otterbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Otterbach was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Otterbach, which merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Ot ... # Sulzbachtal Former Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland-Palatinate The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 Verbandsgemeinden, which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde) which comprise single settlements. Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit was ''Amt''. Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. Saxony-Anhalt The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided into ''Verwaltungsgemein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserslautern (district)
Kaiserslautern is a district (''Kreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Kusel, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Dürkheim and Südwestpfalz. The city of Kaiserslautern is almost fully enclosed by, but not belonging to the district. History The district of Kaiserslautern was established in 1939. Minor changes of the borders occurred in 1969 and 1972. Geography The district includes parts of the Palatinate Forest (''Pfälzer Wald'') in the east and the North Palatine Hills (''Nordpfälzer Bergland'') in the west, as well as the lowlands between them. Partnerships Since 1962 the district has had a partnership with Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. As part of the partnership of Rhineland-Palatinate with Rwanda, the district has had a partnership with the municipality of Musasa since 1983. In 2002, a partnership with the Polish district of Olesno was started. Coat of arms The eagle on the top of the coat of arms repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otterbach-Otterberg
Otterbach-Otterberg is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Otterberg. It was formed on 1 July 2014 by the merger of the former ''Verbandsgemeinden'' Otterbach and Otterberg. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Otterbach-Otterberg consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Frankelbach # Heiligenmoschel # Hirschhorn # Katzweiler # Mehlbach # Niederkirchen # Olsbrücken # Otterbach # Otterberg Otterberg is a town in the district of Kaiserslautern in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate with about 7,350 (as of 6/2006) inhabitants. It is situated approximately north of Kaiserslautern. Otterberg is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde ... # Schallodenbach # Schneckenhausen # Sulzbachtal Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankelbach
Frankelbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Kaiserslautern (district) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hirschhorn, Rhineland-Palatinate
Hirschhorn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Kaiserslautern (district) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katzweiler
Katzweiler is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. History The municipality was first mentioned in 1190 as ''Cazwilere''. Until the end of the 18th Century, it was part of the Electoral Palatinate and under the jurisdiction of the Lautern Superior Court. From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate region was part of the French First Republic (until 1804) und thereafter of the First French Empire, the municipality was incorporated into the Kanton Otterberg. In 1815 the village belonged to Austria, but changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria already in 1816. In 1939, it became part of the Kaiserslautern district. Following World War II, it was within the French Zone of Occupation that formed the new state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946. In the course of the first administrative reforms in Rheinland-Pfalz, the municipality became part of the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde Otterbach Otterbach is a municipality in the district of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehlbach
Mehlbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Kaiserslautern (district) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olsbrücken
Olsbrücken is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Geographical Olsbrücken is situated in the northern part of the district of Kaiserslautern. There it can be found in the valley of the small river Lauter which is surrounded by the hills of the Nordpfälzer Bergland. Neighbours The boundary of the community which is sized as much as 2.78 sq mi borders on the north to the village of Kreimbach-Kaulbach, Wörsbach on the northeast, Schallodenbach on the east, Mehlbach on the southeast, Hirschhorn/Pfalz on the south and Sulzbachtal and Frankelbach on the west. Local geography The roads inside the village are named in alphabetical order: Am Berg, Am Hanhgraben, Am Rutzenbach, Am Waldhof, Auf den Wingerten, Bachstraße, Bahnhofstraße, Bornweg, Dietenbachstraße, Hauptstraße, Hebelstraße, Hohlstraße, Im Holzgraben, Im Kirschgarten, Kirchweg, Schneidersäcker und Wörsbacher Straße. There is also a road named Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otterbach
Otterbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Otterbach was the seat of the former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Otterbach, which merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Otterbach-Otterberg in 2014. Geography State Otterbach lies in the northwest of Kaiserslautern in the so-called Kaiserslautern Senke. To the north is the Nordpfälzer Bergland and to the east the Otterberger Wald, which belongs to the Palatinate Forest. The community consists of the two districts Otterbach and Sambach. The residential areas Falltal and Sambacher Ziegelhütte also belong to the Otterbach district. Neighbouring municipalities are the local municipality of Katzweiler in the northwest, the town of Otterberg in the northeast and the independent town of Kaiserslautern with the districts of , Morlautern, Wiesenthalerhof and Erfenbach in the south. Surveys and waters The Schlossberg rises in the south and the Galgenb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulzbachtal
Sulzbachtal is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Kaiserslautern (district) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
