Otterbach is a former ''
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- ...
'' ("collective municipality") in the
district of Kaiserslautern,
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 ...
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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 ...
. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' was in Otterbach. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde''
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 for ...
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The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Otterbach consisted of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"):
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Frankelbach
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Hirschhorn Hirschhorn is derived from German composite word "Hirsch" (deer) and "Horn" (horn), part of a deer's antlers. A variation is Hirshhorn. It may refer to:
* Hirschhorn (Neckar), a town in Hesse, Germany
* Hirschhorn, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipal ...
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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 P ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Sulzbachtal
Former Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate
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