Lambrecht (Palatinate)
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 Lambrecht, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Location of Lambrecht, Rhineland-Palatinate within Bad Dürkheim district
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| Coordinates: 49°22′49″N 08°05′10″E / 49.38028°N 8.08611°ECoordinates: 49°22′49″N 08°05′10″E / 49.38028°N 8.08611°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Bad Dürkheim | |
| Municipal assoc. | Lambrecht (Pfalz) | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Michael Stöhr (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 173 m (568 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 3,992 | |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67466 | |
| Dialling codes | 06325 | |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW | |
| Website | www.lambrecht-pfalz.de | |
Lambrecht is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany lying roughly 6 km northwest of Neustadt an der Weinstraße. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde.
The municipality lies in the Palatinate, and indeed in the middle of the Palatinate Forest. It is crossed by the river Speyerbach. The municipality’s highest mountain is the Kaisergarten at 519 m above sea level.
Lambrecht’s 8.32 km² is distributed as follows:
In 977, Lambrecht had its first documentary mention. Duke Otto of Worms (Otto I, Duke of Carinthia) endowed the Benedictine Convent of Saint Lambrecht for the village of Grevenhausen. The convent was nevertheless dissolved in 1553. In 1568, the disused convent’s buildings together with houses, church and cropfields was turned over as an asylum by Frederick III, Elector Palatine to Walloons who had been driven from their homeland.
In 1838 or 1839, the two neighbouring villages of St. Lambrecht and Grevenhausen merged. On 25 August 1849, Lambrecht became a stop on the railway when the Neustadt-Frankenstein section of the Palatinate Ludwig Railway was opened, completing the Rhein-Saar line for coal transport. Since 21 December 1887, Lambrecht has held town rights.
On 1 March 1972, the Verbandsgemeinde of Lambrecht was formed. Administrative activities were assumed on 1 January 1973.
Lambrecht has an autonomous Catholic parish (Herz Jesu). The Catholic parish is the sponsor of the St. Lambertus daycare centre. The pastor in the parish community tends not only Lambrecht but also the municipalities of Lindenberg, Neidenfels-Frankeneck and Weidenthal-Frankenstein. The Lambrecht parish is part of the parish league of Neustadt (Weinstraße) in the deaconry of Bad Dürkheim and belongs to the Diocese of Speyer.
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