Becherbach | ||
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Coordinates: 49°39′20″N 07°40′48″E / 49.65556°N 7.68000°ECoordinates: 49°39′20″N 07°40′48″E / 49.65556°N 7.68000°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
District | Bad Kreuznach | |
Municipal assoc. | Meisenheim | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Manfred Denzer (SPD) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 10.85 km2 (4.19 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 337 m (1,106 ft) | |
Population (2015-12-31) | ||
• Total | 872 | |
• Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 67827 | |
Dialling codes | 06364 (Roth: 06753) | |
Vehicle registration | KH |
Becherbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Meisenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Becherbach should not be confused with Becherbach bei Kirn, which lies in the same district.
Becherbach lies in the Palatinate south of Meisenheim and east of Lauterecken. Nearby towns are the district seat, Bad Kreuznach, which lies 24 km to the northeast, Birkenfeld, lying 35 km to the west and Kaiserslautern, lying 23 km to the south.
Clockwise from the north, Becherbach’s neighbours are the municipality of Reiffelbach, the municipality of Schmittweiler (both in the Bad Kreuznach district), the municipality of Waldgrehweiler (in the Donnersbergkreis), the municipality of Nußbach, the municipality of Reipoltskirchen, the municipality of Ginsweiler, the municipality of Adenbach and the municipality of Odenbach (all in the Kusel district).