Rodenbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) 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 sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

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. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Weilerbach.

Geography

Rodenbach lies northwest of

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town 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 Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...

. 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 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

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nobility from the

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around 400 BC. Known today as the ''Fürstengrab von Rodenbach'' or the

Princely Grave of Rodenbach The Princely Grave of Rodenbach () is a Celtic burial mound, dating to the 5th century BC, located near Rodenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Excavations of the site, which was found in 1874, yielded artifacts that amounted to the most signif ...

, 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 in

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. 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) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub