Rutsweiler an der Lauter
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Location of Rutsweiler an der Lauter within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°34′01″N 7°37′15″E / 49.56694°N 7.62083°ECoordinates: 49°34′01″N 7°37′15″E / 49.56694°N 7.62083°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Lauterecken-Wolfstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Karl-Werner Aßmann (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 196-568 m (−1,668 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 368 | |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67752 | |
| Dialling codes | 06304 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
Rutsweiler an der Lauter 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 Lauterecken-Wolfstein. Rutsweiler an der Lauter is one of two places in the Kusel district named Rutsweiler. The other is Rutsweiler am Glan, lying some 13 km to the westsouthwest.
The municipality lies on the river Lauter’s valley in the Western Palatinate. Rutsweiler an der Lauter lies north of Wolfstein at an elevation of some 200 m above sea level on the Lauter’s left bank at the outlying hills of the Königsberg and Selberg. Even within municipal limits, the hillsides reach some 400 m above sea level. Flowing from the Selberg is the Kettenbach, which empties into the Lauter within the village. Lying across the Lauter on the right bank is Stahlhausen, and outlying centre of Wolfstein. Within Rutsweiler’s limits stands the Zweikirche, one of the Western Palatinate’s noteworthiest mediaeval village churches. The municipal area measures 432 ha, of which 95 ha is wooded and roughly 13 ha is settled.
Rutsweiler an der Lauter borders in the north and east on the town of Wolfstein, in the south on the municipality of Kreimbach-Kaulbach and in the west on the municipalities of Rothselberg and Eßweiler. Rutsweiler an der Lauter also meets the municipality of Aschbach at a single point in the northwest.
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