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.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Kusel Blick vom Marktplatz.JPG
German location.image_caption: View into the Old Town with the Town and Local History Museum
German location.image_coa: Wappen_Kusel_Stadt.svg
German location.image_plan: Kusel in KUS.svg
German location.state: Rheinland-Pfalz
German location.district: Kusel
German location.Verbandsgemeinde: Kusel-Altenglan
German location.elevation: 239
German location.area: 14.37
German location.postal_code: 66869
German location.area_code: 06381
German location.licence: KUS
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 07 3 36 055
German location.divisions: 3 Stadtteile
German location.website: stadt.kusel.de
German location.mayor: Jochen Hartloff
German location.leader_term: 2019–24

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Official website

Stadt Kusel

Die Kreisstadt Kusel liegt im idyllischen Westpfälzer Bergland. Kusel ist als Geburtsort von Fritz Wunderlich bekannt. Darüber hinaus bietet die Kleinstadt Kultur- und Freizeitangebot (u.a. Vitalbad Pfälzer Bergland, Wandern etc.) sowie einige innerstädtische Sehenswürdigkeiten und interessante Ausflugsziele in der Umgebung (z.B. Burg Lichtenberg, Remigiusberg, Potzberg etc.)

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Wikidata facts

Population: 6057
Area: 14.37
Elevation: 239
Official website: stadt.kusel.de
Image: Kusel Blick vom Marktplatz.JPG
Dialing code: 06381
Licence plate code: KUS

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hashtag: Kusel
Commons category: Kusel
postal code: 66869
P8168: Reinhard Rieger

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Contents

Geography
Location
Neighbouring municipalities
Constituent communities
Town’s layout
Climate
History
Antiquity
Middle Ages
Modern times
Recent times
Population development
Town’s name
Vanished villages and cadastral names
Religion
Politics
Town council
Mayor
Coat of arms
Town partnerships
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Kusel (main centre)
Bledesbach
Diedelkopf
Buildings, theatres and museums
Regular events
Clubs
Sport and leisure
Economy and infrastructure
Economic structure
Authorities
Education
Transport
Notable people
Sons and daughters of the town
Notable people associated with the town
Further reading
References
External links

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 born in Kusel.