Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

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Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
District
Flag of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Flag
Coat of arms of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Coat of arms
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Country  Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital Ludwigshafen
Area
 • Total 304.88 km2 (117.71 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2013)[1]
 • Total 149,068
 • Density 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Vehicle registration RP
Website rhein-pfalz-kreis.de

The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (Kreis) in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludwigshafen, Rhein-Neckar, district-free Speyer, the districts Karlsruhe, Germersheim, Südliche Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim.

History

The district was created in 1886 under the name Bezirksamt Ludwigshafen, one of the last acts of king Ludwig II of Bavaria. The population in the area around Speyer had grown significantly, which made the splitting of the Bezirksamt Speyer necessary. In 1969, the Speyer and Ludwigshafen districts and parts of the Frankenthal and Neustadt districts were merged again to form the new Ludwigshafen district.

On May 19, 2003, the district parliament passed a resolution to rename the district "Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis" starting in 2004.

Partnerships

The district started its first partnership in 1964 with the municipalities Schnals and Naturns in Italy. The Speyer district had a partnership with Schlanders and Martell, also in Italy, which were taken over after the merging of the district. As part of the partnership of Rhineland-Palatinate with Rwanda the district has a partnership with the municipality of Kinyami starting in 1983. After the German reunification the district supported the Saalkreis in Saxony-Anhalt in modernising the administration to western standard, which resulted in a friendship between the two districts. In 1991 a partnership with the district Radviliskis in Lithuania was started, and in 2002 with the Polish district Opole in Silesia.

Geography

The district is located in the valley of the Rhine river, both the actual river valley and the Vorderpfälzer Tiefland, formed by the sediments of the rivers of the Palatinate hills. The district has a very warm climate, together with the fertile loess soil it makes the area favourable for growing vegetable. However the rainfall is comparatively low, thus irrigation is needed.

Coat of arms

The wavy line from the bottom-right to the top-left symbolizes the Rhine river.

The lion in the left is the lion of the Electorate of the Palatinate, to which the largest part of the district belonged historically.

The silver cross in the right part is taken from the State of Speyer, taken from the coat of arms of the Speyer district.

The shield in the middle show water lily leaves, a typical symbol for the district, as this plant grows in the old arms of the Rhine river.

Towns and municipalities

Verband-free municipalities

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Karte Bobenheim-Roxheim.png 40px Bobenheim-Roxheim 9 967 inhabitants 20.5 km2
Karte Böhl-Iggelheim.png 40px Böhl-Iggelheim 10 533 inhabitants 32.8 km2
Karte Limburgerhof.png Limburgerhof Wappen.jpg Limburgerhof 10 834 inhabitants 9 km2
Karte Mutterstadt.png 40px Mutterstadt 12 576 inhabitants 20.5 km2
Karte Schifferstadt.png 40px Stadt Schifferstadt 19 392 inhabitants 28 km2

Verbandsgemeinden

Karte Verbandsgemeinde Dannstadt-Schauernheim.png 40px Verbandsgemeinde
Dannstadt-
Schauernheim
13 022 inhabitants 33.2 km2
40px Dannstadt-
Schauernheim
*
7 033 inhabitants 15.3 km2
40px Hochdorf-
Assenheim
3 113 inhabitants 9.7 km2
40px Rödersheim-
Gronau
2 876 inhabitants 8.2 km2
Karte Verbandsgemeinde Lambsheim-Heßheim.png 40px Verbandsgemeinde
Lambsheim-Heßheim
15 987 inhabitants 37.68 km2
40px Beindersheim 3 054 inhabitants 5.7 km2
40px Großniedesheim 1 391 inhabitants 3.8 km2
40px Heßheim 3 060 inhabitants 5.8 km2
40px Heuchelheim
bei Frankenthal
1 272 inhabitants 5.8 km2
40px Kleinniedesheim 942 inhabitants 3.9 km2
40px Lambsheim * 6 268 inhabitants 12.8 km2
Karte Verbandsgemeinde Maxdorf.png 40px Verbandsgemeinde
Maxdorf
12 687 inhabitants 16.9 km2
40px Birkenheide 3 192 inhabitants 2.9 km2
DEU Fussgoenheim COA.svg Fußgönheim 2 484 inhabitants 6.7 km2
40px Maxdorf * 7 011 inhabitants 7.4 km2
Karte Verbandsgemeinde Waldsee.png 40px Verbandsgemeinde
Rheinauen
23 706 inhabitants 51.28 km2
40px Altrip 7 808 inhabitants 10.5 km2
DEU Neuhofen (Pfalz) COA.svg Neuhofen 7 207 inhabitants 12.3 km2
DEU Otterstadt COA.svg Otterstadt 3 361 inhabitants 15.6 km2
Wappen Waldsee.svg Waldsee * 5 330 inhabitants 12.9 km2
Karte Verbandsgemeinde Römerberg-Dudenhofen.png 40px Verbandsgemeinde
Römerberg-Dudenhofen
20 498 inhabitants 54.98 km2
Wappen Dudenhofen.svg Dudenhofen * 5.812 inhabitants 13 km2
Wappen Hanhofen.svg Hanhofen 2 410 inhabitants 5.8 km2
DEU Harthausen COA.svg Harthausen 3 082 inhabitants 8.4 km2
Wappen Roemerberg.svg Römerberg 9 194 inhabitants 27.9 km2

*seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

References

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