Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern (district)

Kaiserslautern is a district in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Kusel, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Dürkheim and Südwestpfalz. The city of Kaiserslautern is almost fully enclosed by, but not belonging to the district.-History:The district of...

, in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated on the northern edge of the Palatinate forest, approx. 10 km north-east of Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland 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, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

. Enkenbach-Alsenborn is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

("collective municipality"), also named Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Enkenbach-Alsenborn (Verbandsgemeinde)

Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat is located in Enkenbach-Alsenborn, and consists of the following Ortsgemeinden :...

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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

Neuhemsbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....

, Sippersfeld

Sippersfeld

Sippersfeld is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

, Kerzenheim

Kerzenheim

Kerzenheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....

, Ramsen

Ramsen

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 (Pfalz), Wattenheim

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.- Location :Wattenheim lies on a cone-shaped hill with a gentle slope...

, Fischbach

Fischbach, Kaiserslautern

Fischbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany....

 (Kaiserslautern district), Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland 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, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

 and Mehlingen

Mehlingen

Mehlingen is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.It is located outside of Kaiserslautern and has a population of just under 4,000....

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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, 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