Donnersbergkreis

Donnersbergkreis
District
Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Kirchheimbolanden
Area
• Total	645.46 km^2 (249.21 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)[1]
• Total	75,192
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration	KIB
Website	donnersberg.de

The Donnersbergkreis is a district (Kreis) in the middle of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bad Kreuznach, Alzey-Worms, Bad Dürkheim, Kaiserslautern, Kusel.

History

The district was created in 1969 by merging the districts Kirchheimbolanden 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. On the left is the red wheel of the Lords of Bolanden, taken from the Kirchheim coat of arms. The blue wheel on the right is the wheel of the Lords of Falkenstein, taken from the Rockenhausen coat of arms. The green field on the 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

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Alsenz-Obermoschel Alsenz^1 Finkenbach-Gersweiler Gaugrehweiler Kalkofen Mannweiler-Cölln Münsterappel Niederhausen an der Appel Niedermoschel Oberhausen an der Appel Obermoschel^2 Oberndorf Schiersfeld Sitters Unkenbach Waldgrehweiler Winterborn 2. Eisenberg Eisenberg^1, 2 Kerzenheim Ramsen 3. Göllheim Albisheim Biedesheim Bubenheim Dreisen Einselthum Göllheim^1 Immesheim Lautersheim Ottersheim Rüssingen Standenbühl Weitersweiler Zellertal	4. Kirchheimbolanden Bennhausen Bischheim Bolanden Dannenfels Gauersheim Ilbesheim Jakobsweiler Kirchheimbolanden^1, 2 Kriegsfeld Marnheim Mörsfeld Morschheim Oberwiesen Orbis Rittersheim Stetten 5. Rockenhausen Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Bisterschied Dielkirchen Dörrmoschel Gehrweiler Gerbach Gundersweiler Imsweiler Katzenbach Ransweiler Rathskirchen Reichsthal Rockenhausen^1, 2 Ruppertsecken Sankt Alban Schönborn Seelen Stahlberg Teschenmoschel Würzweiler	6. Winnweiler Börrstadt Breunigweiler Falkenstein Gonbach Höringen Imsbach Lohnsfeld Münchweiler an der Alsenz Schweisweiler Sippersfeld Steinbach am Donnersberg Wartenberg-Rohrbach Winnweiler^1
^1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ^2town

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

External links

• Official website (German)
• Touristic website (German)

Coordinates: 49°38′N 7°55′E / 49.633°N 7.917°E