Kusel (district)

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District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Kusel

District

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Coat of arms

Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital| Kusel
Area

• Total| 573.42 km2 (221.40 sq mi)
Population

(31 December 2021)[1]

• Total| 69,949
• Density| 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration| KUS
Website| landkreis-kusel.de

Kusel (German pronunciation: [ˈkuːzl̩]) 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 last two belonging to the state of Saarland).

## History[edit]

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.

## Geography[edit]

The district of Kusel lies in the North Palatine Uplands (Nordpfälzer Bergland), to the north of the industrial areas of the Saarland. The largest rivers are the Lauter (also called the Waldlauter, to distinguish it from other rivers in German-speaking Europe named Lauter) and the Glan.

## Coat of arms[edit]

The German blazon reads: Gespalten: Vorne in Schwarz ein linksgewendeter, rot bewehrter goldener Löwe, hinten in Silber ein rot bewehrter, blauer Löwe.

The district's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale sable a lion rampant sinister Or armed and langued gules and argent a lion rampant azure armed and langued of the third.

The two charges, both lions, are both heraldic devices borne by former lords, the one on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side by the Counts of Veldenz and the one on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side by Electoral Palatinate, which acquired the area in the 15th century. The arms were approved on 13 December 1965.

## Towns and municipalities[edit]

Verbandsgemeinden

* 1\. Kusel-Altenglan

1. Albessen
2. Altenglan
3. Bedesbach
4. Blaubach
5. Bosenbach
6. Dennweiler-Frohnbach
7. Ehweiler
8. Elzweiler
9. Erdesbach
10. Etschberg
11. Föckelberg
12. Haschbach am Remigiusberg
13. Herchweiler
14. Horschbach
15. Körborn
16. Konken
17. Kusel1, 2
18. Neunkirchen am Potzberg
19. Niederalben
20. Niederstaufenbach
21. Oberalben
22. Oberstaufenbach
23. Pfeffelbach
24. Rammelsbach
25. Rathsweiler
26. Reichweiler
27. Ruthweiler
28. Rutsweiler am Glan
29. Schellweiler
30. Selchenbach
31. Thallichtenberg
32. Theisbergstegen
33. Ulmet
34. Welchweiler

* 2\. Lauterecken-Wolfstein

1. Adenbach
2. Aschbach
3. Buborn
4. Cronenberg
5. Deimberg
6. Einöllen
7. Eßweiler
8. Ginsweiler
9. Glanbrücken
10. Grumbach
11. Hausweiler
12. Hefersweiler
13. Heinzenhausen
14. Herren-Sulzbach
15. Hinzweiler
16. Hohenöllen
17. Homberg
18. Hoppstädten
19. Jettenbach
20. Kappeln
21. Kirrweiler
22. Kreimbach-Kaulbach
23. Langweiler
24. Lauterecken1, 2
25. Lohnweiler
26. Medard
27. Merzweiler
28. Nerzweiler
29. Nußbach
30. Oberweiler im Tal
31. Oberweiler-Tiefenbach
32. Odenbach
33. Offenbach-Hundheim
34. Reipoltskirchen
35. Relsberg
36. Rothselberg
37. Rutsweiler an der Lauter
38. Sankt Julian
39. Unterjeckenbach
40. Wiesweiler
41. Wolfstein2

* 3\. Oberes Glantal

1. Altenkirchen
2. Börsborn
3. Breitenbach
4. Brücken
5. Dittweiler
6. Dunzweiler
7. Frohnhofen
8. Glan-Münchweiler
9. Gries
10. Henschtal
11. Herschweiler-Pettersheim
12. Hüffler
13. Krottelbach
14. Langenbach
15. Matzenbach
16. Nanzdietschweiler
17. Ohmbach
18. Quirnbach
19. Rehweiler
20. Schönenberg-Kübelberg1
21. Steinbach am Glan
22. Wahnwegen
23. Waldmohr

1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.

## External links[edit]

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