Kaiserslautern is a district (''Kreis'') in the south of
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) 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 ...
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Germany
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. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise)
Kusel
Kusel (; written ''Cusel'' until 1865) is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Kusel-Altenglan ''Verbandsgemeinde'' and is also the district seat.
The well-known operatic tenor Fritz Wunderlich was ...
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Saarpfalz-Kreis
Saarpfalz (''Saar-Palatinate'') is a Kreis (district) in the south-east of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarbrücken, Neunkirchen, Kusel, Kaiserslautern, Südwestpfalz, district-free Zweibrücken, and th ...
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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.
History
The district was created in 1969 by merging the dis ...
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Bad Dürkheim
Bad Dürkheim () is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Bad Dürkheim lies at the edge of Palatinate Forest on the German Win ...
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Südwestpfalz. The city of
Kaiserslautern is almost fully enclosed by, but not belonging to the district.
History
The district of Kaiserslautern was established in 1939. Minor changes of the borders occurred in 1969 and 1972.
Geography
The district includes parts of the
Palatinate Forest (''Pfälzer Wald'') in the east and the
North Palatine Hills
The North Palatine Uplands (german: Nordpfälzer Bergland), sometimes shortened to Palatine Uplands (''Pfälzer Bergland''), is a low mountain range and List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate, landscape unit in the German state of Rhineland- ...
(''Nordpfälzer Bergland'') in the west, as well as the lowlands between them.
Partnerships
Since 1962 the district has had a partnership with
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. As part of the partnership of Rhineland-Palatinate with
Rwanda, the district has had a partnership with the municipality of Musasa since 1983. In 2002, a partnership with the
Polish district of
Olesno was started.
Coat of arms
The eagle on the top of the coat of arms represents the several imperial estates in the district. The lion on the left is the lion of the
Electorate of the Palatinate
The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...
, the fish in the middle is taken from the coat of arms of the city of Kaiserslautern. The
bezants (coins) on the right represent the Lords of Sickingen and their estate.
Towns and municipalities
References
External links
Official website(German)
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Districts of Rhineland-Palatinate