Waldböckelheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in

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, in western

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Geography

Waldböckelheim is located north of the Nahe in the

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. 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 Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Ga ...

. In the castle ''Böckelheim'' was

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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

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Economy

In Waldböckelheim there are two kindergartens, one primary, a ''Regionale Schule'' and a voluntary fire brigade.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Waldbockelheim Bad Kreuznach (district) Naheland