Waldböckelheim is a municipality in the
district of Bad Kreuznach 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 ...
, in western
Germany
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Geography
Waldböckelheim is located north of the
Nahe in the
Rhenish Massif. Waldböckelheim is surrounded by three extinct volcanoes.
History
It was mentioned first on 10 February 824 ''Becchilenheim''. The prefix ''Wald'' (forest) was prefixed in the 13th Century to distinguish themselves from
Gau-Bickelheim
Gau-Bickelheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Gau-Bickelheim lies south of ...
. In the castle ''Böckelheim'' was
Emperor Henry IV prisoner of his son in December 1105. The office Bockelheim was formed together with the surrounding villages. After changing ownership several times, it belonged more than 300 years to the
Electorate of the Palatinate
The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...
.
Economy
In Waldböckelheim there are two kindergartens, one primary, a ''Regionale Schule'' and a voluntary fire brigade.
References
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Bad Kreuznach (district)
Naheland