Rockenhausen

Rockenhausen
Coat of arms of Rockenhausen
Location of Rockenhausen within Donnersbergkreis district
Rockenhausen is located in Germany
Rockenhausen
Rockenhausen
Rockenhausen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rockenhausen
Rockenhausen
Coordinates: 49°37′42.91″N 7°49′13.84″E / 49.6285861°N 7.8205111°E / 49.6285861; 7.8205111
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictDonnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.Nordpfälzer Land
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Michael Vettermann[1] (FDP)
Area
 • Total36.83 km2 (14.22 sq mi)
Elevation
199 m (653 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total5,397
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67806
Dialling codes06361
Vehicle registrationROK, KIB
Websitewww.rockenhausen.de

Rockenhausen is a town in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Alsenz, approx. 30 km (19 mi) north of Kaiserslautern.

Rockenhausen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Nordpfälzer Land. The town consists the villages Marienthal, Dörnbach, and Rockenhausen itself.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Donnersbergkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.