Donnersbergkreis

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

Donnersbergkreis
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Kirchheimbolanden
Government
• District admin.	Rainer Guth
Area
• Total	645.46 km2 (249.21 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)
• Total	76,208
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	KIB, ROK
Website	donnersberg.de

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. Eisenberg Eisenberg1, 2 Kerzenheim Ramsen 2. Göllheim Albisheim Biedesheim Bubenheim Dreisen Einselthum Göllheim1 Immesheim Lautersheim Ottersheim Rüssingen Standenbühl Weitersweiler Zellertal	3. Kirchheimbolanden Bennhausen Bischheim Bolanden Dannenfels Gauersheim Ilbesheim Jakobsweiler Kirchheimbolanden1, 2 Kriegsfeld Marnheim Mörsfeld Morschheim Oberwiesen Orbis Rittersheim Stetten	4. Nordpfälzer Land Alsenz Bayerfeld-Steckweiler Bisterschied Dielkirchen Dörrmoschel Finkenbach-Gersweiler Gaugrehweiler Gehrweiler Gerbach Gundersweiler Imsweiler Kalkofen Katzenbach Mannweiler-Cölln Münsterappel Niederhausen an der Appel Niedermoschel Oberhausen an der Appel	Obermoschel2 Oberndorf Ransweiler Rathskirchen Reichsthal Rockenhausen1, 2 Ruppertsecken Sankt Alban Schiersfeld Schönborn Seelen Sitters Stahlberg Teschenmoschel Unkenbach Waldgrehweiler Winterborn Würzweiler	5. Winnweiler Börrstadt Breunigweiler Falkenstein Gonbach Höringen Imsbach Lohnsfeld Münchweiler an der Alsenz Schweisweiler Sippersfeld Steinbach am Donnersberg Wartenberg-Rohrbach Winnweiler1
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

External links

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