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Encyclopedia > Donnersbergkreis
Donnersbergkreis
Statistics
State: Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital: Kirchheimbolanden
Area: 645.46 km²
Inhabitants: 78,740 (2001)
pop. density: 122 inh./km²
Car identification: KIB
Homepage: http://www.donnersberg.de
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The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.

Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

History

The district was created in 1969 by merging the districts Kirchheim and Rockenhausen.


Geography

The district is located around the highest mountain of the Palatinate, the Donnersberg with 687 m above sea level.


Coat of arms

Both of the districts merged into the Donnersbergkreis had a wheel in their coat of arms, which are now also shown in the coat of arms of the new district. In the left is the red wheel of Lords of Bolanden, taken from the Kirchheim coat of arms. The blue wheel in the right is the wheel of the Lords of Falkenstein, taken from the Rockenhausen coat of arms. The green are in bottom with the peak symbolizes the Donnersberg, the highest elevation in the district, and the sun the importance of the sunny plains for viticulture.

Towns and municipalities

Towns Verbandsgemeinden
  1. Eisenberg (Pfalz)
  2. Kirchheimbolanden
  3. Obermoschel
  4. Rockenhausen
  1. Alsenz-Obermoschel
  2. Eisenberg
  3. Göllheim
  4. Kirchheimbolanden
  5. Rockenhausen
  6. Winnweiler

External links

  • Official website (http://www.donnersberg.de) (German)
  • Touristic website (http://www.donnersberg-touristik.de) (German)


Rural and urban districts in the Rhineland-Palatinate

Ahrweiler | Altenkirchen | Alzey-Worms | Bad Dürkheim | Bad Kreuznach | Bernkastel-Wittlich | Birkenfeld | Bitburg-Prüm | Cochem-Zell | Daun | Donnersbergkreis | Frankenthal | Germersheim | Kaiserslautern (town) | Kaiserslautern (district) | Kusel | Koblenz Coblenz | Landau | Ludwigshafen | Mainz | Mainz-Bingen | Mayen-Koblenz | Neustadt (Weinstraße) | Neuwied | Pirmasens | Rhein-Hunsrück | Rhein-Lahn | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Speyer Spires | Südliche Weinstraße | Südwestpfalz | Trier | Trier-Saarburg | Westerwaldkreis | Worms | Zweibrücken

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Donnersbergkreis - encyclopedia article about Donnersbergkreis. (1693 words)
The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate (German: Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of 16 Bundesländer of Germany.
It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Rhein-Hunsrück, Mainz-Bingen, Alzey-Worms, Donnersbergkreis, Kusel and Birkenfeld.
It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Kaiserslautern, Donnersbergkreis and Alzey-Worms, the city of Worms, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, the city of Neustadt/Weinstraße, the districts of Südliche Weinstraße, the city of Landau (the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the city), the district Südwestpfalz, and the city of Kaiserslautern.
Donnersbergkreis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (177 words)
The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Both of the districts merged into the Donnersbergkreis had a wheel in their coat of arms, which are now also shown in the coat of arms of the new district.
In the left is the red wheel of Lords of Bolanden, taken from the Kirchheim coat of arms.
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