Hallgarten (Pfalz)
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Location of Hallgarten within Bad Kreuznach district
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| Coordinates: 49°45′38″N 7°47′15″E / 49.76056°N 7.78750°ECoordinates: 49°45′38″N 7°47′15″E / 49.76056°N 7.78750°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Bad Kreuznach | |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Kreuznach | |
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| • Mayor | Jürgen Nau | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.54 km2 (0.98 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 246 m (807 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 788 | |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67826 | |
| Dialling codes | 06362 | |
| Vehicle registration | KH | |
| Website | hallgarten-pfalz.de | |
Hallgarten 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 Bad Kreuznach, whose seat is in the like-named town. Hallgarten is a state-recognized tourism community.
Hallgarten lies in the Rheingrafenstein Recreational Area (Erholungsgebiet) roughly 10 km southwest of the town of Bad Kreuznach and a like distance southeast of the town of Bad Sobernheim. Three kilometres to the northwest looms the Lemberg. Lying around the village, which itself nestles in a hollow, are woodlands and vineyards. Also lying within Hallgarten’s limits are the ruins of Montfort Castle, a popular tourist destination.
Clockwise from the north, Hallgarten’s neighbours are the municipalities of Feilbingert, Hochstätten, Alsenz and Niedermoschel, the town of Obermoschel, the municipalities of Duchroth and Oberhausen an der Nahe. The third, fourth and fifth places named lie in the neighbouring Donnersbergkreis.
Hallgarten’s Ortsteile are the main centre, also called Hallgarten, and the outlying centre of Dreiweiherhof. There is also a rural hamlet below the castle ruins called Montforterhof.
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