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Germersheim (district)
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Germersheim is a district (Kreis) in the south-east of Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Südliche Weinstraße
, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
, the district Karlsruhe
as well as the district-free city of Karlsruhe
, and the French
département Bas-Rhin
.
from the 11th century on. The bishops of Speyer
owned some lands, too. The Palatinate was destroyed in the Napoleonic Wars
, and the clerical states of Germany were dissolved in 1803. After a period of French
occupation the Congress of Vienna
decided to hand the territories over to Bavaria
. The region remained a part of Bavaria until World War II
; afterwards it was incorporated into the newly established state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
(a forest stretching into the north of Alsace
).
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Südliche Weinstraße
Südliche Weinstraße
Südliche Weinstraße is a district in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Südwestpfalz, Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Neustadt , Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Germersheim, and the French département Bas-Rhin...
, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Neighboring districts are the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim,...
, the district Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe (district)
Karlsruhe is a rural district in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rhein-Neckar, Heilbronn,Enz, Calw, Rastatt, Germersheim, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis and the district-free city Speyer...
as well as the district-free city of Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, and the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
département Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
.
History
Most of the region was part of the PalatinateRhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
from the 11th century on. The bishops of Speyer
Speyer
Speyer is a city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities...
owned some lands, too. The Palatinate was destroyed in the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
, and the clerical states of Germany were dissolved in 1803. After a period of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
occupation the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
decided to hand the territories over to Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. The region remained a part of Bavaria until World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
; afterwards it was incorporated into the newly established state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Geography
The Rhine river marks (with a few exceptions) the eastern boundary of the district, the river Lauter most of the southern boundary. The landscape of the district consists of the Rhine valley, in the north and east meeting the jungle-like areas of old Rhine arms, in the south covering the BienwaldBienwald
The Bienwald is a large forested area in the southern Pfalz region of Germany near the towns of Kandel and Wörth am Rhein. The western edge defines the eastern extent of the Wissembourg Gap, a corridor of open terrain between the Bienwald and the hills of the Pfälzer Wald. In the northwest, the...
(a forest stretching into the north of Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
).
Coat of arms
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The coat of arms shows the lion of Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz .... in the top part, and the cross of Speyer Speyer Speyer is a city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities... in the bottom part. The wavy line in the middle symbolizes the Rhine river, and the escutcheon in the middle is from the coat of arms of the city of Germersheim. |
Towns and municipalities
| Towns | Verbandsgemeinde Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:... n |
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Bellheim Bellheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated west of the Rhine, approx. 13 km east of Landau and 15 km northwest of the city of Karlsruhe... 1 Knittelsheim Knittelsheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Ottersheim bei Landau Ottersheim bei Landau is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Zeiskam Zeiskam is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
Berg, Germersheim Berg is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Hagenbach Hagenbach is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of Karlsruhe.... 1, 2 Neuburg am Rhein Neuburg am Rhein is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Scheibenhardt Scheibenhardt is a German municipality located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 2004 it had 714 inhabitants. Located on the French border, it is continuous with the French village of Scheibenhard, separated only by a small creek called the Lauter....
Hatzenbühl Hatzenbühl is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Jockgrim Jockgrim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 15 km north-west of Karlsruhe.... 1 Neupotz Neupotz is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Rheinzabern Rheinzabern is a small town in the south-east of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany near the Rhine river.Currently, Rheinzabern, that belongs to the "Landkreis Germersheim" has approx... |
Erlenbach bei Kandel Erlenbach bei Kandel is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Freckenfeld Freckenfeld is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Kandel Kandel is a town in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, approx. 18 km north-west of Karlsruhe, and 15 km south-east of Landau.... 1, 2 Minfeld Minfeld is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Steinweiler Steinweiler is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Vollmersweiler Vollmersweiler is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :The village is located in the southern Palatinate between Karlsruhe and Landau... Winden, Germersheim Winden is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
Freisbach Freisbach is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Lingenfeld Lingenfeld is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approx. 5 km north-west of Germersheim, and 10 km south-west of Speyer.... 1 Lustadt Lustadt is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Schwegenheim Schwegenheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Weingarten, Rhineland-Palatinate Weingarten is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.-Geography:Weingarten lies 12 km west of Germersheim, about 16 km northeast of Landau, and about 13 km southwest of Speyer.-History:... Westheim, Rhineland-Palatinate Westheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
Hördt Hördt is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Kuhardt Kuhardt is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Leimersheim Leimersheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.... Rülzheim Rülzheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approx. 10 km south-west of Germersheim.Rülzheim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Rülzheim.... 1 |
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External links
- Official website (German)