Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Coat of arms

Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Location of Enkenbach-Alsenborn within Kaiserslautern district

Coordinates: 49°29′26″N 7°54′09″E / 49.49056°N 7.90250°ECoordinates: 49°29′26″N 7°54′09″E / 49.49056°N 7.90250°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Jürgen Wenzel (CDU)

Area

• Total

30 km² (10 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

6,959

• Density

230/km² (600/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

67677

06303

Website

www.enkenbach-alsenborn.de

Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the northern edge of the Palatinate forest, approx. 10 km north-east of Kaiserslautern. Enkenbach-Alsenborn is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality"), also named Enkenbach-Alsenborn.

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, Sippersfeld, Kerzenheim, Ramsen (Pfalz), Wattenheim, Fischbach (Kaiserslautern district), Kaiserslautern and Mehlingen.

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

Alsenborn
Enkenbach
Mehlingen
Baalborn

Towns and municipalities in Kaiserslautern (district)

Bann Bruchmühlbach-Miesau Enkenbach-Alsenborn Erzenhausen Eulenbis Fischbach Frankelbach Frankenstein Gerhardsbrunn Hauptstuhl Heiligenmoschel Hirschhorn Hochspeyer Hütschenhausen Katzweiler Kindsbach Kollweiler Kottweiler-Schwanden Krickenbach Lambsborn Landstuhl Langwieden Linden Mackenbach Martinshöhe Mehlbach Mehlingen Mittelbrunn Neuhemsbach Niederkirchen Niedermohr Oberarnbach Olsbrücken Otterbach Otterberg Queidersbach Ramstein-Miesenbach Reichenbach-Steegen Rodenbach Schallodenbach Schneckenhausen Schopp Schwedelbach Sembach Steinwenden Stelzenberg Sulzbachtal Trippstadt Waldleiningen Weilerbach

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 124416872 GND: 4014812-9

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