Kusel (district)

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Kusel
Map of Rhineland-Palatinate highlighting the district of Kusel
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District seat	Kusel
Area	573.42 km²
Population	78,530 (2001)
Pop. density	137 /km²
Licence plate code	KUS
Web page	http://www.landkreis-kusel.de

Kusel is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north-west clockwise) Birkenfeld, Bad Kreuznach, Donnersbergkreis, Kaiserslautern, Saarpfalz and Sankt Wendel (the latter two belonging to the state of Saarland).

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

[edit] History

The district of Kusel was created at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1939 it was renamed as Landkreis Kusel. The boundary was altered slightly as part of the communal reform of 1969/72 with some parts of the district of Birkenfeld being added to Kusel.

[edit] Geography

The district of Kusel is located in the North Palatian Hills (Nordpfälzer Bergland), to the north of the industrial areas of Saarland. The largest rivers are Lauter and Glan.

[edit] Coat of arms

The coat of arms consists of two lions. The blue lion is the heraldic animal of the Counts of Veldenz. The yellow lion is the lion of Palatinate, which acquired the area in the 15th century.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Altenglan Altenglan¹ Bedesbach Bosenbach Elzweiler Erdesbach Föckelberg Horschbach Neunkirchen am Potzberg Niederalben Niederstaufenbach Oberstaufenbach Rammelsbach Rathsweiler Rutsweiler am Glan Ulmet Welchweiler 2. Glan-Münchweiler Börsborn Glan-Münchweiler¹ Henschtal Herschweiler-Pettersheim Hüffler Krottelbach Langenbach Matzenbach Nanzdietschweiler Quirnbach Rehweiler Steinbach am Glan Wahnwegen	3. Kusel Albessen Blaubach Dennweiler-Frohnbach Ehweiler Etschberg Haschbach am Remigiusberg Herchweiler Körborn Konken Kusel^{1, 2} Oberalben Pfeffelbach Reichweiler Ruthweiler Schellweiler Selchenbach Thallichtenberg Theisbergstegen 4. Lauterecken Adenbach Buborn Cronenberg Deimberg Ginsweiler Glanbrücken Grumbach Hausweiler Heinzenhausen Herren-Sulzbach Hohenöllen Homberg Hoppstädten Kappeln Kirrweiler Langweiler Lauterecken^{1, 2} Lohnweiler Medard Merzweiler Nerzweiler Odenbach Offenbach-Hundheim Sankt Julian Unterjeckenbach Wiesweiler	5. Schönenberg-Kübelberg Altenkirchen Brücken Dittweiler Frohnhofen Gries Ohmbach Schönenberg-Kübelberg¹ 6. Waldmohr Breitenbach Dunzweiler Waldmohr¹ 7. Wolfstein Aschbach Einöllen Eßweiler Hefersweiler Hinzweiler Jettenbach Kreimbach-Kaulbach Nußbach Oberweiler im Tal Oberweiler-Tiefenbach Reipoltskirchen Relsberg Rothselberg Rutsweiler an der Lauter Wolfstein^{1, 2}
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Verbandsgemeinden

1. Altenglan

2. Glan-Münchweiler

3. Kusel

4. Lauterecken

5. Schönenberg-Kübelberg

6. Waldmohr

7. Wolfstein

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

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Urban districts	Frankenthal · Kaiserslautern · Koblenz · Landau · Ludwigshafen · Mainz · Neustadt · 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 · Rhein-Lahn-Kreis · Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis · Südliche Weinstraße · Südwestpfalz · Trier-Saarburg · Vulkaneifel · Westerwaldkreis