Schweigen-Rechtenbach

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Schweigen-Rechtenbach
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Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Location of Schweigen-Rechtenbach within Südliche Weinstraße district
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Coordinates: 49°03′11″N7°57′22″E / 49.05306°N 7.95611°E / 49.05306; 7.95611 Coordinates: 49°03′11″N7°57′22″E / 49.05306°N 7.95611°E / 49.05306; 7.95611
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Südliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc. Bad Bergzabern
Government
   Mayor Helmut Geißer
Area
  Total 16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Elevation 217 m (712 ft)
Population (2015-12-31) [1]
  Total 1,423
  Density 89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 76889
Dialling codes 06342
Vehicle registration SÜW
Website www.schweigen-rechtenbach.de

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Südliche Weinstraße District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Südliche Weinstraße is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Südwestpfalz, Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Neustadt (Weinstraße), Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Germersheim, and the French département Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Landau is surrounded by the district.

Rhineland-Palatinate State in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate is a state of Germany.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

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Geography

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is located at the southern end, marked by the imposing Deutsches Weintor, of the German Wine Route. The principal route no longer passes through the "Weintor", but has been diverted round it. Continuing in a southerly direction from the municipality the principal route continues to Wissembourg, first crossing the current frontier between Germany and France.

German Wine Gate architectural structure

The German Wine Gate has celebrated the local wine industry and marked the southern end of the German Wine Route in Schweigen-Rechtenbach since 1936.

German Wine Route

The German Wine Route or Wine Road is the oldest of Germany's tourist wine routes. Located in the Palatinate region of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the route was established in 1935.

Wissembourg Commune in Grand Est, France

Wissembourg is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

History

Schweigen-Rechtenbach was created, as part of a larger programme of local government boundary reforms in the area, on 7 June 1969 through the fusion of Schweigen and Rechtenbach, both of which had previously been administratively independent. [2]

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