Relsberg
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Location of Relsberg within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°35′39″N 7°40′09″E / 49.59417°N 7.66917°ECoordinates: 49°35′39″N 7°40′09″E / 49.59417°N 7.66917°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Lauterecken-Wolfstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus Schlemmer | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.81 km2 (1.47 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 192 | |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67753 | |
| Dialling codes | 06363 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
Relsberg 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.
Relsberg lies in the North Palatine Uplands on a ridge between the Lauter and Odenbach valleys at an elevation of some 360 m above sea level in the headwaters of some small streams that run to the Odenbach. The elevations in the immediate vicinity reach beyond 400 m above sea level. Not quite reaching this height on the Ordnance Survey map are the Bauschüttberg (399 m) and the Kahlenberg (396 m). The municipal area measures 381 ha, of which roughly 10 ha is settled and 46 ha is wooded.
Relsberg borders in the north on the municipality of Reipoltskirchen, in the northeast on the municipality of Hefersweiler, in the south on the municipality of Niederkirchen, in the southwest on the town of Wolfstein and in the west on the municipality of Einöllen.
The greater part of the village lies on the road that leads from Wolfstein to Hefersweiler, although there is a notable concentration of population on the way into the village from the southwest as one enters the built-up area. At the other end of the village in the northeast, another road branches off Hauptstraße (“Main Street”) going to the graveyard. The built-up area is made up mainly of old farmhouses and simple private houses. Even in this quiet village, though, institutions have located that one would normally expect to find only in towns. The village community centre stands at Hauptstraße 10. The village is today held to be a “rural residential community”.
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