Bad Bergzabern
Place in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bad Bergzabern (German: [baːt ˈbɛʁktsaːbɐn] ⓘ) is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, on the German Wine Route in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the south-eastern edge of the Palatinate forest, approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southwest of Landau.
Bad Bergzabern | |
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Coordinates: 49°06′10″N 7°59′57″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Südliche Weinstraße |
Municipal assoc. | Bad Bergzabern |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Hermann Augspurger[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.71 km2 (4.14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,732 |
• Density | 820/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 76887 |
Dialling codes | 06343 |
Vehicle registration | SÜW |
Website | www.bad-bergzabern.de |
Bad Bergzabern is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Bergzabern.
Bad Bergzabern has a tradition as a holiday destination and contains various half-timbered houses from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Of particular note from an earlier century is the Gasthaus Zum Engel (1579), which has been described as the most beautiful renaissance building in the entire region.