Winnweiler

Winnweiler
Winnweiler
Location of Winnweiler within Donnersbergkreis district
Coordinates	49°34′9″N 7°51′14″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Donnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.	Winnweiler
Municipal subdivisions	3
Mayor	Robert Simon (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	21.80 km2 (8.42 sq mi)
Elevation	240 m  (787 ft)
Population	4,615 (31 December 2011)
- Density	212 /km2 (548 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	KIB
Postal code	67722
Area code	06302
Website	www.winnweiler.de

Winnweiler is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the upper course of the river Alsenz, approx. 15 km (9.3 mi) north-east of Kaiserslautern. Winnweiler is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Winnweiler.

The settlement in Rhenish Franconia was first mentioned in a 891 deed, from the 12th century onwards it was a possession of the Counts of Falkenstein. As an Lorraine exclave it fell to the House of Habsburg upon the marriage of Maria Theresa of Austria with Duke Francis III Stephen in 1736. It was thereafter administered as an Oberamt of Further Austria until its occupation by French troops in 1797.

Notable people

• Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840 – 1921), neurologist