Dennweiler-Frohnbach
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 Dennweiler-Frohnbach
Location of Dennweiler-Frohnbach within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°34′42″N 7°23′08″E / 49.57833°N 7.38556°ECoordinates: 49°34′42″N 7°23′08″E / 49.57833°N 7.38556°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Kusel-Altenglan | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alfred Blaß | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 340 m (1,120 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 274 | |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 66871 | |
| Dialling codes | 06381 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
Dennweiler-Frohnbach 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 Kusel-Altenglan, whose seat is in Kusel.
The municipality arose from the merger of the two formerly self-administering municipalities of Dennweiler and Frohnbach.
The scenic, rural double village is nestled in a low-mountain landscape on the upper river Kuralb, which here bears the name Stegbach, and farther up, the names Stegwiesbach and Feldwiesbach. Towards the east, the Kuralb flows by way of Oberalben to the Totenalb and the Steinalb. The village itself lies in the southern part of a relatively big municipal area at an elevation of some 330 m above sea level. The formerly self-administering village of Dennweiler lies in the northeast of the combined built-up area, while the former village of Frohnbach lies in the southwest. Particularly towards the north, the land climbs steeply up, and heights of more than 500 m above sea level are reached (Hundshübel 430 m, Hohe Buchen 514 m). To the south, towards the so-called Roman road, elevations of only 400 m above sea level are reached within municipal limits. The municipal area measures 613 ha, of which 177 ha is wooded.
Dennweiler-Frohnbach borders in the north on the town of Baumholder, in the east on the municipality of Oberalben and in the southwest on the municipality of Körborn.
The greater part of the village of Dennweiler-Frohnbach stretches along Hauptstraße, its main thoroughfare, Kreisstraße 22. In Dennweiler, Friedhofstraße sprouts off towards the graveyard (“Friedhofstraße” means “Graveyard Street”) to the west outside the village. Brunnenweg also branches off to the north. Standing here at this crossroads is the outstandingly embellished village community centre, the Kulturhaus Wadenauer Hof, which is a venue even for events of more than local significance. Friedhofstraße is distinguished by a row of unspoilt Westrich (an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France) farmhouses (Einfirsthäuser, that is, houses with a single roof ridge), which gives a good impression of the former general kind of housebuilding that was undertaken in West Palatine villages. From the crossroads, Hauptstraße winds its way southwards and leads by the original Art Nouveau church from 1906. Nearby stands the kindergarten, housed in the former schoolhouse. The street leads across the Stegbach and turns in the core of Frohnbach once again towards the west, towards the neighbouring village of Körborn. Going out from the bend in the street southwards is where most of Frohnbach’s buildings stand. Most are houses, mostly built in their present shape in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Along the road that extends from this street lies the Frohnbacher Hof, which was laid out in feudal times as a lordly landhold. Since Dennweiler-Frohnbach and Oberalben have a common sport club, the sporting ground in Oberalben is also used by athletes from Dennweiler-Frohnbach. Likewise, the two municipalities have a common fire station.
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