Forst an der Weinstraße
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Location of Forst an der Weinstraße within Bad Dürkheim district
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| Coordinates: 49°25′26″N 8°11′23″E / 49.42389°N 8.18972°ECoordinates: 49°25′26″N 8°11′23″E / 49.42389°N 8.18972°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Bad Dürkheim | |
| Municipal assoc. | Deidesheim | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans Spindler | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.59 km2 (1.39 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 833 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67147 | |
| Dialling codes | 06326 | |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW | |
| Website | www.forst-weinstrasse.de | |
Forst an der Weinstraße (or Forst an der Weinstrasse) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality lies at the hilly western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain in the Eastern Palatinate (Vorderpfalz). As its name suggests, it is also on the German Wine Route (Deutsche Weinstraße) in the Palatinate wine region. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Deidesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Forst an der Weinstraße borders in the north on Wachenheim, in the northeast on Friedelsheim, in the southeast on Niederkirchen and in the south on Deidesheim.
The Salian Count Johann, Emperor Heinrich IV’s nephew and from 1090 to 1104, as Johann I, Prince-Bishop of Speyer, gave his personal holdings in the Speyergau in 1100, among which was Deidesheim, as a donation to the Bishopric of Speyer. The vast woodlands north of Deidesheim, also known as Vorst or Forst (cognate with English forest and meaning the same) was excluded from this arrangement and was reserved as the Prince-Bishop’s hunting ground. In this forest lie the village’s beginnings, and of course its namesake.
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