Winnweiler

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Winnweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the upper course of the river Alsenz, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Kaiserslautern. Winnweiler is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Winnweiler. Winnweiler station is on the Alsenz Valley Railway (Alsenztalbahn), running between Hochspeyer and Bad Münster am Stein. The settlement in Rhenish Franconia was first mentioned in an 891 deed, from the 12th century onwards it was a possession of the Counts of Falkenstein. As a Lorraine exclave it fell to the House of Habsburg upon the marriage of Maria Theresa of Austria with Duke Francis III Stephen in 1736. It was thereafter administered as an Oberamt of Further Austria until its occupation by French troops in 1797.

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Winnweiler
Weilergässchen, Winnweiler

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N 49.569166666667 °	E 7.8538888888889 °

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Weilergässchen

Weilergässchen
67722 Winnweiler, Hochstein (Winnweiler)
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Winnweiler (Verbandsgemeinde)

Winnweiler is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Winnweiler. The Verbandsgemeinde Winnweiler consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"): Börrstadt Breunigweiler Falkenstein Gonbach Höringen Imsbach Lohnsfeld Münchweiler an der Alsenz Schweisweiler Sippersfeld Steinbach am Donnersberg Wartenberg-Rohrbach Winnweiler

Winnweiler station

Winnweiler station is the station of the town of Winnweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a category 6 station and it has two platforms. It is located on the Alsenz Valley Railway (Alsenztalbahn, Hochspeyer–Bad Münster) and was opened on 29 October 1870 with the first section from Hochspeyer to Winnweiler.

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