Südwestpfalz
Sign in to saveSüdwestpfalz (, ) is a district (Kreis or more precise Landkreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Landau (the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the city), Südliche Weinstraße, and the French département Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Pirmasens is surrounded by the district.
Key facts
- District DE.name
- Südwestpfalz
- District DE.image_flag
- Flagge Landkreis Suedwestpfalz.svg
- District DE.image_coa
- DEU Landkreis Suedwestpfalz COA.svg
- District DE.state
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- District DE.capital
- Pirmasens
- District DE.area
- 953.76
- District DE.Kreisschlüssel
- 07340
- District DE.district_admin
- Susanne Ganster
- District DE.admin_party
- CDU
- District DE.carsign
- PS, ZW
- District DE.url
- lksuedwestpfalz.de
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Capital
- Pirmasens
- Area
- 953.59
- Elevation
- 358
- Shares border with
- Südliche Weinstraße
- Official website
- www.lksuedwestpfalz.de
- Licence plate code
- PS
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- Commons category
- Landkreis Südwestpfalz
- topic's main category
- Category:Südwestpfalz
- male population
- 46916
- P11012
- Brachynervus truncatus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Geography
- Coat of arms
- Towns and municipalities
- References
- External links
Südwestpfalz (, ) is a district (Kreis or more precise Landkreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Saarpfalz, the district-free city Zweibrücken, the districts Kaiserslautern and Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Landau (the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the city), Südliche Weinstraße, and the French département Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Pirmasens is surrounded by the district.
==History== The district was created 18 February 1818 as the Landkommisariat Pirmasens. During the communal reforms of 1968–72, several changes were made to the district. In 1969, the neighboring district Bad Bergzabern was dissolved and some part of it was added, while other municipalities were incorporated into the city Pirmasens. In 1972, the district Landkreis Zweibrücken was dissolved and added into the district Landkreis Pirmasens, which on 1 January 1997 renamed itself to Südwestpfalz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Südwestpfalz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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