Ulmet, Germany
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Location of Ulmet within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°35′08″N 7°27′23″E / 49.58556°N 7.45639°ECoordinates: 49°35′08″N 7°27′23″E / 49.58556°N 7.45639°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Altenglan | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Klaus Klinck | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.10 km2 (2.74 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 200 m (700 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 723 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 66887 | |
| Dialling codes | 06387 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
| Website | ulmet.de | |
Ulmet 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 Altenglan, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Ulmet has long been a recognized tourism community.
The municipality lies on the Glan in the Kusel Musikantenland in the Western Palatinate. The municipal area measures 710 ha, of which 94 ha is wooded. The village lies in the Glan valley overlooking the “Glan Knee”, where the river bends from its northward direction to a northeasterly course. The broad, fertile dale is framed by hills and mountains, which are mostly wooded. The highest elevations are the Steinerner Mann (459 m above sea level) to the west and the Sulzkopf (402 m above sea level) to the south. The floor of the dale lies some 190 m above sea level. In 1836, in his travel observations, Friedrich Blaul wrote of Ulmet: “…The location of the village of Ulmet I prefer to all others. It is characteristic of the whole Glan valley, with regard to both beauty and richness. On a small hill stands a little old Gothic church, surrounded by fertile fields and lovely meadows. Livestock breeding in this exquisite dale is in an excellent state and a Glan cow enjoys before the others of her kind the same advantage as Venus before the Graces.” All together, 164 ha of the municipal area is under Federal ownership as a border strip for the Baumholder troop drilling ground and for a pumping station on the NATO pipeline.
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