Reipoltskirchen

Infobox German Location
Wappen = Reipoltskirchen.gif
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 38 |lat_sec = 4.6
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 39 |lon_sec = 42.25
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Kusel
Verbandsgemeinde = Wolfstein
Höhe = 208
Fläche = 7.49
Einwohner = 401
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 67753
Vorwahl = 06364
Kfz = KUS
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 36 085
Adresse-Verband = Bergstraße 2
67752 Wolfstein
Website = [http://www.reipoltskirchen.de/ www.reipoltskirchen.de]
Bürgermeister = Elisabeth Schultz
Bürgermeistertitel = OrtsbürgermeisterinInfobox Former Country
native_name = "Herrschaft Reipoltskirchen"
conventional_long_name = Lordship of Reipoltskirchen
common_name = Reipoltskirchen
continent = Europe
region = Rhine basin
country = Germany
era = Middle Ages
status = Vassal
empire = Holy Roman Empire
government_type = Principality
year_start =
year_end = 1792
life_span = before 1500 – 1792
event_pre = Church first built
spaces|4in "Richbaldes"
date_pre =
"ca" 750
event_start = First mention of
spaces|4Reipoltskirchen
date_start =
1198
event1 = Gained "Reichsfreiheit"
date_event1 = before 1500
event_end = Annexed by France (to Saar)
date_end =
event_post = Rhenish Palatinate
spaces|4acquired by Bavaria
date_post =
1816
p1 = County Palatine of the Rhine
image_p1 =
s1 = Sarre (département)
flag_s1 = Flag of France.svg
capital = Reipoltskirchen
footnotes =

Reipoltskirchen is a municipality in the district of Kusel, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

History

In the Franconian Nahegau, around the year 750, a church was donated: "Richbaldes". Over time a settlement, known as "Richbaldeskirchen", formed around the church — the origin of the current name.

The municipality, whose first documentary mention was in 1198, was the seat of the "Reichsunmittelbar" Lordship of Reipoltskirchen. This included 15 villages and various tribunals to deal with about 3,000 residents in an area of approximately 100 km² between the Alsenz and Lauter rivers.

Reipoltskirchen belonged to the Upper Rhenish Imperial Circle and remained "Reichsunmittelbar" (subject to no overlord other than the Holy Roman Emperor) until its occupation by French Revolutionary troops in 1792, when it was annexed as a part of the "département" of Sarre. In 1816, as a result of the Congress of Vienna, it was awarded, as a part of the Rhenish Palatinate, to the Kingdom of Bavaria and after World War II it became part of the Rhineland-Palatinate, in the French Occupation Zone.

In 1998, the city celebrated the 800th anniversary of its first written reference.

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