Waldsee | |
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 Old Town Hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Waldsee within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district  | |
  Waldsee  Waldsee | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′N8°26′E / 49.400°N 8.433°E Coordinates: 49°24′N8°26′E / 49.400°N 8.433°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rheinauen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Otto Reiland (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.94 km2 (5.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 99 m (325 ft) |
| Population (2017-12-31) [2] | |
| • Total | 5,897 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 67165 |
| Dialling codes | 06236 |
| Vehicle registration | RP |
| Website | www.waldsee.de |
Waldsee is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Rhineland-Palatinate is a state of Germany.
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, Lake Constance and the High Rhine 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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It is situated approximately 3 km north of Speyer. Waldsee is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Rheinauen.
Speyer is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities. Speyer is dominated by the Speyer Cathedral, a number of churches and the Altpörtel. In the cathedral, beneath the high altar, are the tombs of eight Holy Roman Emperors and German kings.
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.
Rheinauen is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Waldsee. Before 1 January 2016, the Verbandsgemeinde was named Waldsee.
