Ramberg, Rhineland-Palatinate

Ramberg is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Annweiler am Trifels. Ramberg is a nationally recognized resort.

  • 3.1 Museums
  • 3.2 Structures

Geographical location

Ramberg is in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park around 7 kilometers (direct distance ) north-northeast of Annweiler am Trifels. The village is crossed in a north-south direction from Dernbach (inflow of Eisbach ) and is surrounded by wooded mountains. A few hundred meters north of the residential area of the town begins the Holpertal.

On the Schlossberg stands above the village are the ruins of Ramburg. More ruins near Ramberg are: Frankenstein rock, castle and castle Meistersel Neuscharfeneck. Striking elevations on boundaries of the community include the Drenselberg (524 m), the Schindl head ( 510 m) and the chicken head ( 477 m).

Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Roschbach, Edesheim, Rhodt, Weyher in the Palatinate, Edesheim, grove field (Pfalz ), Burrweiler, Flemlingen, Dernbach (Pfalz ), Böchingen, Walsheim and Burrweiler.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Ramberg consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The Coat of Arms description is: " Argent, a black bar, topped with a left -turned blue and reinforced - tongued red lion ".

Culture and sights

Museums

In the center of the home and museum association of brush-making craft a Bürstenbindermuseum has set up in which you can learn everything about history, production and trade of brooms and brushes.

Structures

Ramberg is surrounded by a series worth seeing castles and ruins:

  • Castle Meistersel since 2006 owned by the state of Rhineland -Palatinate
  • Castle Neuscharfeneck
  • Ramburg

See also: List of cultural monuments in Ramberg

Personalities

  • Guido Benedict Beck (1885-1958), Capuchin priest, missionary bishop, Vicar Apostolic in Chile. Named after his hometown also: Guido Beck de Ramberga.
Annweiler am Trifels (Verbandsgemeinde) Resort town As the crow flies Neuscharfeneck Castle Weyher in der Pfalz Hainfeld, Germany Dernbach, Südliche Weinstraße Municipal council Albersweiler Altdorf, Rhineland-Palatinate Bad Bergzabern Barbelroth Billigheim-Ingenheim Birkweiler Bornheim (Pfalz) Dierbach Edenkoben Eschbach, Südliche Weinstraße Essingen, Rhineland-Palatinate Frankweiler Freimersheim, Südliche Weinstraße Gleisweiler Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach Gommersheim Gossersweiler-Stein Hergersweiler Herxheimweyher Heuchelheim-Klingen Hochstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate Impflingen Insheim Kapellen-Drusweiler Kapsweyer Kirrweiler Kleinfischlingen Leinsweiler Niederhorbach Niederotterbach Oberhausen, Südliche Weinstraße Oberotterbach Oberschlettenbach Offenbach an der Queich Pleisweiler-Oberhofen Ranschbach Rinnthal Rohrbach, Palatinate Sankt Martin, Germany Schweigen-Rechtenbach Schweighofen Siebeldingen Silz, Rhineland-Palatinate Steinfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate Venningen Vorderweidenthal Waldhambach, Rhineland-Palatinate Waldrohrbach Wernersberg
671543
de