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Reipoltskirchen
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Location of Reipoltskirchen within Kusel district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Kusel |
| Municipal assoc. | Wolfstein |
| Ortsbürgermeisterin | Elisabeth Schultz |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 208 m (682 ft) |
| Population | 385 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 51 /km2 (133 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | KUS |
| Postal code | 67753 |
| Area code | 06364 |
| Website | www.reipoltskirchen.de |
| Lordship of Reipoltskirchen Herrschaft Reipoltskirchen |
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| Capital | Reipoltskirchen | |||
| Government | Principality | |||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||
| - Church first built in Richbaldes |
ca 750 |
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| - First mention of Reipoltskirchen |
1198 Enter start year |
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| - Gained Reichsfreiheit | before 1500 | |||
| - Annexed by France (to Saar) | 1792 | |||
| - Rhenish Palatinate acquired by Bavaria |
1816 |
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Reipoltskirchen is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
In the Franconian Nahegau, around the year 750, a church was donated: Richbaldes. Over time a settlement, known as Richbaldeskirchen, formed around the church — the origin of the current name.
The municipality, whose first documentary mention was in 1198, was the seat of the Reichsunmittelbar Lordship of Reipoltskirchen. This included 15 villages and various tribunals to deal with about 3,000 residents in an area of approximately 100 km² between the Alsenz and Lauter rivers.
Reipoltskirchen belonged to the Upper Rhenish Imperial Circle and remained Reichsunmittelbar (subject to no overlord other than the Holy Roman Emperor) until its occupation by French Revolutionary troops in 1792, when it was annexed as a part of the département of Sarre. In 1816, as a result of the Congress of Vienna, it was awarded, as a part of the Rhenish Palatinate, to the Kingdom of Bavaria and after World War II it became part of the Rhineland-Palatinate, in the French Occupation Zone.
In 1998, the city celebrated the 800th anniversary of its first written reference.
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