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Ramberg is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in
The '' Brushmakers' Museum'' (german: Bürstenbindermuseum Ramberg) in Ramberg is a
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 ...
, western Germany
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Location
Ramberg lies in the Palatine Forest Nature Park around 7 km (as the crow flies
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) north-northeast of Annweiler am Trifels
Annweiler am Trifels (), or Annweiler is a town in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, 12 km west of Landau. Annweiler am Trifels station is on the Landau–Saarbrücken r ...
. The Dernbach stream, a tributary of the Eisbach, flows through the village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
from north to south direction and the village itself is surrounded by forested hills. A few hundred metres north of the built-up area is the valley of Holpertal.
On the ''Schlossberg'' ("castle hill"), which rises above the village, are the ruins of the castle of Ramburg. Other ruins near Ramberg are: Frankenfelsen Castle, Meistersel Castle and Neuscharfeneck Castle. Prominent hills within the municipality include the Drenselberg (524 m), the Schindl Kopf (510 m) and the Hühnerkopf (477 m).
The '' Brushmakers' Museum'' (german: Bürstenbindermuseum Ramberg) in Ramberg is a local history museum
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The neighbouring villages - clockwise - are Roschbach, Edesheim
Edesheim is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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, Rhodt unter Rietburg
Rhodt unter Rietburg is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Rietburg
The Rietburg is a ruined hillside castle on the edge of the Palatinate Forest above the village of Rhodt in the coun ...
, Weyher in der Pfalz
Weyher in der Pfalz is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany with a stable population of around 500, populated for over 1200 years. It is situated in the foothills of a chestnut tree forest, ov ...
, Edesheim, Hainfeld (Pfalz), Burrweiler, Flemlingen
Flemlingen is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany
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, Dernbach (Pfalz), Böchingen, Walsheim and Burrweiler.
References
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Forest {{SüdlicheWeinstraße-geo-stub