Zweibrücken-Land is a ("collective municipality") in the

Südwestpfalz Südwestpfalz (, ) is a district (''Kreis'' or more precise ''Landkreis'') in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern a ...

district, 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 is situated on the southwestern edge of the

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, around

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; ; , ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach (Blies), Schwarzbach River. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; older forms of the name include Middl ...

. The seat of the municipality is in Zweibrücken, itself not part of the municipality.

Composition

The Zweibrücken-Land consists of the following ("local municipalities"):

Politics

The municipal mayor is elected every 8 years, and was held by Jürgen Gundacker (

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) from 2012 to 2020, and by Björn Bernhard ( CDU) since 2020.

References

Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Südwestpfalz-geo-stub