Kirchheimbolanden | |
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 Town walls with the Grey Tower | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kirchheimbolanden within Donnersbergkreis district  | |
  Kirchheimbolanden  Kirchheimbolanden | |
| Coordinates: 49°39′59″N 8°0′42″E / 49.66639°N 8.01167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Donnersbergkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirchheimbolanden |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Marc Muchow[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26.36 km2 (10.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,998 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67292 |
| Dialling codes | 06352 |
| Vehicle registration | KIB |
| Website | www |
Kirchheimbolanden,[a] is the capital and the second largest city of the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate. Situated in south-western Germany, it is approximately 25 km west of Worms, and 30 km north-east of Kaiserslautern.
The first part of the name, Kirchheim, dates back to 774. It became a town in 1368, and the Sponheim family improved its security with many towers and walls. William, Duke of Nassau, ancestor of the royal families of Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and of the grand-ducal family of Luxembourg, was born in Kirchheimbolanden. It was also ruled by the First French Empire between 1792 and 1814, before passing to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815. It was a rural district centre in the Rheinkreis, which was renamed Pfalz (Palatinate) in 1835.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Donnersbergkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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