Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Enkenbach-Alsenborn within Kaiserslautern district
	Enkenbach-Alsenborn Enkenbach-Alsenborn
	Coordinates: 49°29′26″N 7°54′09″E / 49.49056°N 7.90250°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Kaiserslautern
Municipal assoc.	Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Jürgen Wenzel (CDU)
Area
• Total	30 km2 (10 sq mi)
Elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	7,181
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC 01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC 02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67677
Dialling codes	06303
Vehicle registration	KL
Website	www.enkenbach-alsenborn.de

Enkenbach-Alsenborn is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the northern edge of the Palatinate forest, approx. 10 km north-east of Kaiserslautern. Enkenbach-Alsenborn is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality"), also named Enkenbach-Alsenborn.

Geography

The municipality consists of the local villages of Enkenbach and Alsenborn. Before officially combining on 7 June 1969, the two villages worked very closely throughout their history to include a common coat of arms until 1795, a common mayor until 1825 and a common forest area until 1832.

Neighbouring municipalities are - in a clockwise direction - Neuhemsbach, Sippersfeld, Kerzenheim, Ramsen (Pfalz), Wattenheim, Fischbach (Kaiserslautern district), Kaiserslautern and Mehlingen.

History

Findings from the young stone age and mounds from the Iron Age indicate that the area was already populated in early-historical time. ^{[citation needed]}

Expansion

With favorable traffic levels and the connection to the railway in the year 1871 with the opening of Enkenbach station on the Alsenz Valley Railway, as well as the establishment of industry in the Kaiserslautern area, led to the total population of the municipality increasing despite strong emigration out of present-day Germany. Due to this population increase, Enkenbach-Alsenborn evolved from a farming community to the municipality it is today.