Bad Dürkheim (district)

Bad Dürkheim (German pronunciation: [ˌbaːt ˈdʏʁkhaɪm])^[2] 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.

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Quick Facts Country, State ...

Bad Dürkheim
District
Flag Coat of arms

Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Capital	Bad Dürkheim
Government
• District admin.	Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld (CDU)
Area
• Total	595 km² (230 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2022)^[1]
• Total	134,546
• Density	230/km² (590/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	DÜW
Website	kreis-bad-duerkheim.de

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

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

More information Verband-free towns, Verband-free municipality ...

Verband-free towns	Verband-free municipality
Bad Dürkheim Grünstadt	Haßloch

More information Verbandsgemeinden ...

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} Herxheim am Berg Kallstadt Weisenheim am Berg Weisenheim am Sand	3. Lambrecht Elmstein Esthal Frankeneck Lambrecht^{1, 2} Lindenberg Neidenfels Weidenthal	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 Obersülzen Obrigheim Quirnheim Tiefenthal Wattenheim	5. Wachenheim Ellerstadt Friedelsheim Gönnheim Wachenheim^{1, 2}
¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

Verbandsgemeinden

1. Deidesheim

2. Freinsheim

3. Lambrecht

4. Leiningerland
[seat: Grünstadt]

5. Wachenheim

¹seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; ²town

[1]
"Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
[2]
"Dürkheim". Duden – Das Aussprachewörterbuch (in German) (7th ed.). Berlin: Bibliographisches Institut. 2015. p. 327. ISBN 978-3411911516.

Official website (German)

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