Ramberg | |
Image Coa: | DEU Ramberg (Pfalz) COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 49.2622°N 8.0094°W |
Image Plan: | Ramberg in SÜW.svg |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Südliche Weinstraße |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Annweiler am Trifels |
Elevation: | 237 |
Area: | 7.75 |
Postal Code: | 76857 |
Area Code: | 06345 |
Licence: | SÜW |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 3 37 064 |
Website: | www.ramberg.de |
Mayor: | Jürgen Munz[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Ramberg is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Ramberg lies in the Palatine Forest Nature Park around 7 km (as the crow flies) north-northeast of Annweiler am Trifels. The Dernbach stream, a tributary of the Eisbach, flows through the village from north to south direction and the village itself is surrounded by forested hills. A few hundred metres north of the built-up area is the valley of Holpertal.
On the Schlossberg ("castle hill"), which rises above the village, are the ruins of the castle of Ramburg. Other ruins near Ramberg are: Frankenfelsen Castle, Meistersel Castle and Neuscharfeneck Castle. Prominent hills within the municipality include the Drenselberg (524 m), the Schindl Kopf (510 m) and the Hühnerkopf (477 m).The Brushmakers' Museum (German: Bürstenbindermuseum Ramberg) in Ramberg is a local history museum.
The neighbouring villages - clockwise - are Roschbach, Edesheim, Rhodt unter Rietburg, Weyher in der Pfalz, Edesheim, Hainfeld (Pfalz), Burrweiler, Flemlingen, Dernbach (Pfalz), Böchingen, Walsheim and Burrweiler.