Bad Dürkheim (district)

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Bad Dürkheim
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district Bad Dürkheim
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
County seat	Bad Dürkheim
Area	595 km²
Population	135,000 (2000)
Pop. density	227 inh./km²
Car identification	DÜW
Web page	kreis-bad-duerkheim.de

Bad Dürkheim is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Kaiserslautern, Donnersbergkreis and Alzey-Worms, the city of Worms, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, the city of Neustadt/Weinstraße, the districts of Südliche Weinstraße, the city of Landau (the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the city), the district Südwestpfalz, and the city of Kaiserslautern.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The eastern rim of the Palatine Forest has been densely populated since the Middle Ages. Several medieval castles show the significance of the region during the early Holy Roman Empire.

The district was established in 1969 by combining portions of the former districts of Neustadt and Frankenthal.

[edit] Geography

The district is located on the eastern rim of the Palatine Forest (Pfälzer Wald), called the Haardt. The Deutsche Weinstraße ("German Wine Road"), a scenic road along the best vineyards of the Palatinate wine region, runs through the district from north to south. The district is sometimes called "the heart of the Palatinate".

The best wine-growing area is the Mittelhaardt ("Middle Haardt"), where the Riesling wine is cultivated, which is considered to be one of the best German wines.

It is known for there great wine in which they celebrate about every year.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

The heraldic lion of the Palatinate
Grapes symbolising the Wine Road and the vineyards
The heraldic eagle of the former county of Leiningen

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Verbandsgemeinden	Free Municipalities
Bad Dürkheim Grünstadt	Deidesheim¹ Freinsheim¹ Grünstadt-Land Hettenleidelheim Lambrecht¹ Wachenheim¹ ¹ includes city of the same name	Haßloch

Towns

Verbandsgemeinden

Free Municipalities

¹ includes city of the same name

Haßloch

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany
Urban districts	Frankenthal \| Kaiserslautern \| Koblenz \| Landau \| Ludwigshafen \| Mainz \| Neustadt (Weinstraße) Pirmasens \| Speyer \| Trier \| Worms \| Zweibrücken
Rural districts	Ahrweiler \| Altenkirchen \| Alzey-Worms \| Bad Dürkheim \| Bad Kreuznach \| Bernkastel-Wittlich \| Birkenfeld \| Bitburg-Prüm Cochem-Zell \| Donnersbergkreis \| Germersheim \| Kaiserslautern \| Kusel \| Mainz-Bingen Mayen-Koblenz \| Neuwied \| Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis \| Rhein-Lahn-Kreis \| Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Südliche Weinstraße \| Südwestpfalz \| Trier-Saarburg \| Vulkaneifel \| Westerwaldkreis