Langenbach, Kusel
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 Langenbach
Location of Langenbach within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°29′43″N 7°19′46″E / 49.49528°N 7.32944°ECoordinates: 49°29′43″N 7°19′46″E / 49.49528°N 7.32944°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Oberes Glantal | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gerd Rudolph | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.59 km2 (2.54 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 303 - 463 m (−1,220 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 444 | |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 66909 | |
| Dialling codes | 06384 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
Langenbach in the Palatinate 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 Oberes Glantal.
The long linear village (or, by some definitions of the word, thorpe) lies in the upper Ohmbach valley, in the Ohmbach’s headwaters, in the Western Palatinate, near the boundary with the Saarland. The Ohmbach itself rises north of the village inside Selchenbach’s limits at an elevation of 400 m above sea level. It was formerly also called the Langenbach. Even in its upper reaches, the brook flows through several big fishing ponds. Particularly on the left bank, the slope climbs up steeply from the village, likewise to a height of roughly 400 m above sea level. Not quite as steep is the land on the right bank, spreading out from which, southwards, is the greater part of the municipal area. Here the land reaches the 462-metre-high Geisberg, the highest point within Langenbach’s limits. Beneath this peak stretches the Langenbach air sport grounds, where motorized aircraft and gliders can take off and land. The municipal area measures 659 ha, of which 168 ha is wooded.
Langenbach borders in the northeast on the municipality of Konken, in the southeast on the municipality of Herschweiler-Pettersheim, in the south on the municipality of Krottelbach, in the southwest on the town of Sankt Wendel and in the northwest on the municipality of Selchenbach. Langenbach also meets the municipality of Albessen at a single point in the north.
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