Hochspeyer (Verbandsgemeinde)

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Hochspeyer is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Hochspeyer. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the Verbandsgemeinde Enkenbach-Alsenborn.

A Verbandsgemeinde is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns.

Kaiserslautern (district) District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Kaiserslautern is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Kusel, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Dürkheim and Südwestpfalz. The city of Kaiserslautern is almost fully enclosed by, but not belonging to the district.

Rhineland-Palatinate State in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate is a state of Germany.

The VerbandsgemeindeHochspeyer consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

  1. Fischbach
  2. Frankenstein
  3. Hochspeyer
  4. Waldleiningen

Coordinates: 49°26′35″N7°53′42″E / 49.443°N 7.895°E / 49.443; 7.895

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