Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in

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. It is situated on the northern edge of the

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, approx. 10 km north-east of

Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...

. Enkenbach-Alsenborn is also the seat of the ''

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'' ("collective municipality"), also named

Enkenbach-Alsenborn Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea ...

Geography

The municipality consists of the local villages of Enkenbach and Alsenborn. Before officially combining on 7 June 1969, the two villages worked very closely throughout their history to include a common coat of arms until 1795, a common mayor until 1825 and a common forest area until 1832. Neighbouring municipalities are - in a clockwise direction -

Neuhemsbach Neuhemsbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Se ...

Sippersfeld Sippersfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the n ...

Kerzenheim Kerzenheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the no ...

, Ramsen (Pfalz),

Wattenheim Wattenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Wattenheim lies on a cone-shape ...

, Fischbach (Kaiserslautern district),

and

Mehlingen Mehlingen is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. It is located outside Kaiserslautern and has a population of just under 4,000. The village is greatly influenced by the large number of Am ...

History

Findings from the young stone age and mounds from the Iron Age indicate that the area was already populated in early-historical time.

Expansion

With favorable traffic levels and the connection to the railway in the year 1871 with the opening of

Enkenbach station Enkenbach station is the only station in Enkenbach-Alsenborn in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It has two platforms tracks and is located in the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (Rhine-Neckar transport association, VRN) and ...

on the

Alsenz Valley Railway The Alsenz Valley Railway () is a line that runs from Hochspeyer station, Hochspeyer via Winnweiler station, Winnweiler and Alsenz station, Alsenz to Bad Münster am Stein station, Bad Munster am Stein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatina ...

, as well as the establishment of industry in the Kaiserslautern area, led to the total population of the municipality increasing despite strong emigration out of present-day Germany. Due to this population increase, Enkenbach-Alsenborn evolved from a farming community to the municipality it is today.

Population

*1800: 1,095 *1900: 3,326 *1975: 6,900 *1996: 7,323 Image:Protestantische Kirche in Alsenborn Hans Buch.JPG, Alsenborn Image:Klosterkirche Enkenbach Westseite von Hans Buch.jpg, Enkenbach Image:Ehem Schul- und Verwaltungsgebäude in Mehlingen (Hans Buch).JPG, Mehlingen Image:Ehrenmal Baalborn (Hans Buch) 2.jpg, Baalborn

Sons and daughters of the community

* Wilhelm Mayerr (1874-1923), politician (CENTER, BVP) * Wilhelm Müller (1890-1957), politician (KPD)

References

Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Palatinate Forest Kaiserslautern (district) {{Kaiserslautern-geo-stub