Kapellen-Drusweiler
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Kapellen-Drusweiler | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kapellen-Drusweiler within Südliche Weinstraße district  | |
  Kapellen-Drusweiler  Kapellen-Drusweiler | |
| Coordinates: 49°06′18″N 8°01′49″E / 49.10500°N 8.03028°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Südliche Weinstraße |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Bergzabern |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Gerd Kropfinger[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.77 km2 (2.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 159 m (522 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 995 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 76889 |
| Dialling codes | 06343 |
| Vehicle registration | SÜW |
| Website | www.kapellen-drusweiler.de |
Kapellen-Drusweiler is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
The wine village of Kapellen-Drusweiler is a linear village, between the Palatinate Forest and the Rhine. The parish of Kapellen-Drusweiler includes the villages of Deutschhof, Eichenhöfe und Kaplaneihof. [3] Deutschhof was founded by Swiss immigrants.
History
Drusweiler was first mentioned in 1179. Around 1200, Klingenmünster Abbey build a chapel opposite the Church in Drusweiler. Around it there developed an independent settlement called Kapellen. The Duke of Palatinate-Zweibrücken united the two communities in 1410.
