Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde) Explained

Image Coa:DEU Grafschaft (Rheinland) COA.svg
Coordinates:50.5667°N 13°W
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Landkreis Ahrweiler
Type:Verbandsgemeinde
Area:61.88
Licence:AW
Population:6,566
Population As Of:1974
Divisions:12 Gemeinden
Dissolved:1974

Ringen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the municipality was in Ringen. It existed from 1 October 1968 until 16 March 1974, when the new municipality Grafschaft was formed.[1]

The Verbandsgemeinde Ringen consisted of the following 12 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities") (population as of 1974):

Municipality Area (km²) Population
413
369
287
823
623
453
457
690
603
418
Ringen * 948
482
Verbandsgemeinde
Ringen
61.88 6,566

Notes and References

  1. Sechzehntes Landesgesetz über die Verwaltungsvereinfachung im Lande Rheinland-Pfalz vom 19. Dezember 1973 (GVBl. p. 541) (in German)