Südwestpfalz – DEB3K

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Demographics

From Wikipedia: 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.

Geography

The district is located in the hills of the Palatinate, the Palatinate forest. The river Lauter has its spring near the city of Pirmasens.

Other: Rheinhessen-Pfalz, Landau in der Pfalz, Mainz, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Speyer, Bad Dürkheim, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhein-Pfalz, Mainz-Bingen district, Kaiserslautern, Frankenthal, Zweibrücken, Ludwigshafen, Pirmasens, Kusel, Germersheim, Donnersbergkreis, Alzey-Worms district, Südwestpfalz, Kaiserslautern, Worms

Neighbours: Pirmasens, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Bad Dürkheim, Landau in der Pfalz, Zweibrücken, Kaiserslautern, Bas-Rhin, Südliche Weinstraße, Moselle

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Südwestpfalz – DEB3K, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEB3K, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164