Cronenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Location of Cronenberg within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°39′07″N 7°37′29″E / 49.65194°N 7.62472°ECoordinates: 49°39′07″N 7°37′29″E / 49.65194°N 7.62472°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Lauterecken-Wolfstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus Schneider | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.65 km2 (1.02 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 155 | |
| • Density | 58/km2 (150/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67744 | |
| Dialling codes | 06382 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
Cronenberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
The municipality lies in the North Palatine Uplands in the Western Palatinate on a raised flat-topped ridge between the Sulzbach and Odenbach valleys, at a steep slope dropping off into the Sulzbach valley. Cronenberg lies east of Lauterecken at an elevation of some 280 m above sea level. The Sulzbach itself rises near Hohenöllen and near Medard it empties into the river Glan. The gentle elevations around the village reach up to some 300 m above sea level. The municipal area measures 265 ha, of which roughly 2.5 ha is settled and 80 ha is wooded.
Cronenberg borders in the northeast on the municipalities of Adenbach and Odenbach, in the east on the municipality of Ginsweiler, in the south on the municipality of Hohenöllen, in the west on the town of Lauterecken and in the northwest on the municipality of Medard.
Cronenberg has a relatively tightly packed core, but with looser building development on the western and southern outskirts. The graveyard lies to the north of the village.
In neither the countryside within municipal limits nor in the village itself have any prehistoric archaeological finds come to light. Nonetheless, it is known that mankind was in the Cronenberg area in prehistoric times from the many finds that have been unearthed elsewhere, in neighbouring villages. Discovered long ago in the rural area known as Röhlingstränk south of the village were two columns of a former Roman building, one of which is still in existence and today stands in the yard at an agricultural estate.
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