Albisheim is a municipality in the
Donnersbergkreis
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
The district was created in 1969 by merging the dis ...
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Germany
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. It is in the middle of the Zellertal.
History
In the year 835 the village is first mentioned in a document. It has been a market town for many years. Also there was a palace, but it hasn't yet been found.
Traffic
Near Albisheim there is the trunk B 47, and the village also has a railway station.
Sights
* the Protestant church from 1792,
* the historic town hall, a
classicist
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building from 1832 and
* the 26-feet-high (8 metres) Warteturm at the wine hill. It was first mentioned 1551.
Image:Schmelzm%C3%BChle.jpg, Upper melting mill
Image:Albisheim_town_hall.jpg, Town hall
Image:Peterskirche_Albisheim.jpg, Peter's church
Image:Warteturm-2.jpg, The Warteturm upon the wine hill
References
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Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Donnersbergkreis