Rodenbach is a municipality in the
district of Kaiserslautern, in
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 ...
,
Germany
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. It belongs to the
Verbandsgemeinde Weilerbach.
Geography
Rodenbach lies northwest of
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfur ...
. The settlements of Am Tränkwald, Berghof, Forsthaus Rodenbach, Mückenhof, and Wasserhaus all belong to Rodenbach's administrative area.
Neighboring localities are
Weilerbach
Weilerbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 11 km north-west of Kaiserslautern.
Weilerbach is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality" ...
,
Kaiserslautern-Siegelbach,
Mackenbach
Mackenbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
it is home to numerous restaurants and bay about 8 beauty salons and one grocery store
Culture and sights Music
Mackenbach's reputation ...
and
Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof.
Rodenbach's weather is characterized by a temperate climate.
Sights
In 1874, what was known to locals as the "fox hill" was revealed to be the grave of a member of the
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
nobility from the
La Tène culture
The La Tène culture (; ) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any defini ...
around 400 BC. Known today as the ''Fürstengrab von Rodenbach'' or the
Princely Grave of Rodenbach, the tomb was restored and reconstructed in 2000 for the towns 700th birthday and contains replicas of the original finds, which are housed today in the
Historical Museum of the Palatinate
The Historical Museum of the Palatinate (german: Historisches Museum der Pfalz) is a museum in the city of Speyer in the Palatinate region of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated across the square from the Speyer Cathedral. ...
in
Speyer
Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer li ...
. A short distance away, the remains of an open-air court from the 15th century can be found.
The area is also home to the
Rodenbach Sculpture Way that begins at Dorfweiher and continues for 3km through the ''Reichswald'' forest.
References
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
Kaiserslautern (district)
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