• Thumbnail for Neustadt an der Weinstraße
    Landkommissariat (called a Bezirksamt from 1862 and a Landkreis from 1939). In 1832 the Hambach Festival took place near the town. In 1847, Neustadt was...
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    1818, the cantons were merged into 12 administrative districts called Landkommissariat. In 1862, these were designated individually as Bezirksamt. In 1939...
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    that kingdom created by the Congress of Vienna – as the seat of a Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and now district). During the 19th century, the town's...
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  • Thumbnail for Nanzdietschweiler
    Bürgermeisterei of Glan-Münchweiler in the Canton of Waldmohr and the Landkommissariat of Homburg. The cantons (Kantone) were later called districts (Distrikte)...
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  • Thumbnail for Nußbach, Rhineland-Palatinate
    seat of its own Bürgermeisterei in the Canton of Lauterecken and the Landkommissariat of Kusel. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP)...
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  • Thumbnail for Hefersweiler
    Vienna had awarded it to Bavaria) in the Canton of Wolfstein and the Landkommissariat of Kusel, and Hefersweiler was still the seat of a mayoralty, only...
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  • Thumbnail for Elzweiler
    to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Within this state, Elzweiler lay in the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Landkreis, or “rural district”) and the Bürgermeisteramt...
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  • Thumbnail for Albessen
    had now become a Bavarian exclave), the village now lay within the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Landkreis or “rural district”) of Kusel and...
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  • Thumbnail for Rothselberg
    was still grouped into the Canton of Wolfstein, but now within the Landkommissariat of Kusel, which over time became the Bezirksamt of Kusel, and finally...
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  • Thumbnail for Cronenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate
    (“Mayoralty”) of Lauterecken in the canton of the same name and the Landkommissariat of Kusel. In the early 1930s, the Nazi Party (NSDAP) was quite popular...
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  • Thumbnail for Blaubach
    Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kusel, the Canton of Kusel and the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and Landkreis – district) of Kusel in the Rheinkreis...
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  • Thumbnail for Breitenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate
    dissolved. Breitenbach now belonged to the Canton of Waldmohr in the Landkommissariat of Homburg. In 1825, the village passed to the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”)...
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  • Thumbnail for Föckelberg
    the Congress of Vienna had awarded to the Kingdom of Bavaria) to the Landkommissariat of Kusel, the canton of Wolfstein and the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”)...
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  • Thumbnail for Langenbach, Kusel
    Bavaria created by the Congress of Vienna, and more locally in the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and Landkreis or district) of Kusel, the Canton of...
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  • Thumbnail for Rammelsbach
    united with the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1818. It also now belonged to the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Landkreis or “district”), Canton and Bürgermeisterei...
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  • Thumbnail for Etschberg
    Rhineland that the Congress of Vienna had awarded to Bavaria – in the Landkommissariat (district), Canton and Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Kusel. During...
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  • Thumbnail for Konken
    within the Baierischer Rheinkreis (“Bavarian Rhine District”), the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Landkreis) of Kusel and the Canton of Kusel...
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    was yet another administrative arrangement. Ehweiler now lay in the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Landkreis or “district”) of Kusel and at the...
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  • Thumbnail for Wahnwegen
    the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Quirnbach and the Canton and Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and Landkreis, or “district”) of Kusel. In the early...
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  • Thumbnail for Altenkirchen, Kusel
    Napoleonic times were swept aside and Altenkirchen was then assigned to the Landkommissariat of Zweibrücken. In 1818, the village became the seat of its own Bürgermeisterei...
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  • Thumbnail for Frohnhofen
    With regard to local administration, Frohnhofen passed in 1818 to the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and Landkreis, or rural district) of Homburg and...
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  • Thumbnail for Krottelbach
    beginning in 1816, Krottelbach was in Bavaria's Rheinkreis in the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt; later still district) of Kusel and the canton of...
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  • Thumbnail for Rathsweiler
    order laid down by the Congress of Vienna. It now belonged to the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Landkreis or “district”) and Canton of Kusel...
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  • Thumbnail for Steinbach am Glan
    the Landkommissariat of Kusel, Steinbach now belonged to the Bürgermeisterei of Glan-Münchweiler in the Canton of Waldmohr in the Landkommissariat of Homburg...
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  • Thumbnail for Henschtal
    remained in the Bürgermeisterei (“Mayoralty”) of Quirnbach and in the Landkommissariat (District) of Kusel, Haschbach now belonged to the Bürgermeisterei...
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  • Thumbnail for Börsborn
    (“Mayoralty”) of Glan-Münchweiler, the Canton of Waldmohr and the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and Landkreis – district) of Homburg in the Rheinkreis...
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  • Thumbnail for Dittweiler
    Bavaria by the Congress of Vienna. Dittweiler passed in 1818 to the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and then Landkreis, or district) of Homburg and the...
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  • Thumbnail for Oberweiler im Tal
    belonged within this territory to the Canton of Wolfstein and the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, and later still Landkreis or District) of Kusel...
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  • Thumbnail for Oberalben
    ("Mayoralty") of Ulmet and even the Canton of Kusel, but now in the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt, then Kreis or district) of Kusel. The exclave's...
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  • Thumbnail for Rutsweiler an der Lauter
    (“Mayoralty”) of Rothselberg and the Canton of Wolfstein, but now in the Landkommissariat (later Bezirksamt and then Landkreis, or district) of Kusel. In the...
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