Homberg, Kusel

Homberg
Coat of arms
Homberg
Location of Homberg within Kusel district
Coordinates: 49°39′5″N 7°30′58″E / 49.65139°N 7.51611°E / 49.65139; 7.51611Coordinates: 49°39′5″N 7°30′58″E / 49.65139°N 7.51611°E / 49.65139; 7.51611
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Kusel
Municipal assoc.	Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Government
• Mayor	Anita Gräßer
Area
• Total	10.89 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation	340 m (1,120 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	203
• Density	19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	67744
Dialling codes	06788
Vehicle registration	KUS
Website	www.hombergonline.de

Homberg 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 Lauterecken-Wolfstein.

Homberg lies at the edge of the North Palatine Uplands in the Western Palatinate, roughly 7 km from Lauterecken. The village itself stretches along a high hollow that opens towards the east into the Grumbach valley at an elevation of some 320 m above sea level. The Schönbornerhof about one kilometre away and with an excellent view over the North Palatine Uplands lies almost 400 m above sea level. The Kellertsberg, a mountain near the village, reaches a height of 450 m. The municipal area measures 1 086 ha, of which roughly 130 ha is wooded. These figures take into account the large parcel of land transferred to the municipality from the Baumholder troop drilling ground.

Homberg borders in the north on the municipality of Langweiler, in the east on the municipality of Herren-Sulzbach, in the south on the municipality of Kirrweiler, in the west on the Baumholder troop drilling ground and in the northwest on the municipality of Unterjeckenbach. Homberg also meets the municipality of Merzweiler at a single point in the northeast.

Also belonging to Homberg is the outlying homestead of Schönbornerhof.

The village of Homberg lies on a through road running from northeast to southwest, and is most thickly concentrated near two intersections roughly in the village centre. One intersection leads to a country path while the other is a road leading to the neighbouring village of Herren-Sulzbach. The village’s appearance is still largely characterized by old farmhouses. All together there is very little in the way of new building activity. The graveyard lies at the village’s western entrance on the north side of the road.