Bad Dürkheim (district) explained

Bad Dürkheim
Image Coa:	Wappen Landkreis Bad Dürkheim.svg
State:	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital:	Bad Dürkheim
Area:	595
Kreisschlüssel:	07332
District Admin:	Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld
Admin Party:	CDU
Carsign:	DÜW
Url:	kreis-bad-duerkheim.de

Bad Dürkheim (pronounced as /de/)^[1] is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Kaiserslautern, Donnersbergkreis and Alzey-Worms, the city of Worms, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, the city of Neustadt/Weinstraße, the districts of Südliche Weinstraße, the city of Landau (the Taubensuhl/Fassendeich forest part of the city), the district Südwestpfalz, and the city of Kaiserslautern.

History

The eastern rim of the Palatinate forest has been densely populated since the Middle Ages. Several medieval castles show the significance of the region during the early Holy Roman Empire.

The district was established in 1969 by combining portions of the former districts of Neustadt and Frankenthal.

Dialect

The dialect of Bad Dürkheim and environs is closer to the Pennsylvania Dutch language—also known as Pennsylvania German or as Deitsch, the native tongue of the Amish and others—than any other dialect of German.

Geography

The district is located on the eastern rim of the Palatinate Forest a line of hills called the Haardt. The German Wine Road (Deutsche Weinstraße), a scenic road along the best vineyards of the Palatinate wine region, runs through the district from north to south. The district is sometimes called "the heart of the Palatinate".

The best wine-growing area is the Mittelhaardt ("Middle Haardt"), where the Riesling wine is cultivated, which is considered to be one of the best German wines.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms displays:

The heraldic lion of the Palatinate
Grapes symbolising the Wine Road and the vineyards
The heraldic eagle of the former county of Leiningen

Towns and municipalities

Verband-free towns	Verband-free municipality
Bad Dürkheim Grünstadt	valign=top	Haßloch

Verbandsgemeinden
1. Deidesheim Deidesheim^{1, 2} Forst an der Weinstraße Meckenheim Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim Ruppertsberg 2. Freinsheim Bobenheim am Berg Dackenheim Erpolzheim Freinsheim^{1, 2}	3. Lambrecht Elmstein Esthal Frankeneck Lambrecht^{1, 2}	4. Leiningerland [seat: Grünstadt] Altleiningen Battenberg Bissersheim Bockenheim an der Weinstraße Carlsberg Dirmstein Ebertsheim Gerolsheim Großkarlbach Hettenleidelheim Kindenheim Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Kleinkarlbach Laumersheim Mertesheim Neuleiningen	5. Wachenheim Ellerstadt Friedelsheim Gönnheim Wachenheim^{1, 2}
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Verbandsgemeinden

1. Deidesheim

Deidesheim^{1, 2}
1. 1. Forst an der Weinstraße Meckenheim Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim
- Ruppertsberg 2. Freinsheim
1. 1. 1. Bobenheim am Berg Dackenheim Erpolzheim Freinsheim^{1, 2}

3. Lambrecht

1. 1. 1. Elmstein Esthal Frankeneck Lambrecht^{1, 2}

4. Leiningerland
[seat: Grünstadt]

1. 1. 1. 1. Altleiningen Battenberg Bissersheim Bockenheim an der Weinstraße Carlsberg Dirmstein Ebertsheim Gerolsheim Großkarlbach
        
        Hettenleidelheim Kindenheim Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Kleinkarlbach Laumersheim Mertesheim Neuleiningen

5. Wachenheim

1. 1. 1. Ellerstadt Friedelsheim Gönnheim Wachenheim^{1, 2}

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

External links

(German)

49.5°N 8.17°W

Notes and References

2015. Dürkheim. Duden – Das Aussprachewörterbuch. de. 327. Berlin. Bibliographisches Institut. 978-3411911516. 7th.