Kirchheimbolanden Kirchheimbolanden , the capital of Donnersbergkreis , is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate , south-western Germany . It is situated approximately 25 km west of Worms , and 30 km north-east of Kaiserslautern . The first part of the name, Kirchheim , dates back to 774. It became a town in 1368, and the Sponheim family improved its security with many towers and walls. William, Duke of Nassau , ancestor of the royal families of Belgium , Sweden , Denmark and Norway , and of the grand-ducal family of Luxembourg , was born in Kirchheimbolanden. It was also ruled by First French Empire between 1792 and 1814 before passing to Kingdom of Bavaria in 1815. It was a rural district centre in the Rheinkreis which was renamed Pfalz in 1835.Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg , an ancestor of both Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his brother Prince Harry , was born in Kirchheimbolanden on 22 April 1780.Geography Location Kirchheimbolanden lies in the Palatinate at the transition point of the Nordpfälzer Bergland to the Alzeyer Hügelland bordering to the east. The city centre is located about four kilometres northeast of Donnersberg on the slope of Wartberg, also known as Schillerhain . The Leiselsbach, a left tributary of the Pfrimm, rises in the urban area. The lowest point lies at 229 m above sea level , the highest at 496 m above sea level.Urban division Kirchheimbolanden is divided into the city centre with the district Haide and the districts Ambach, Bolanderhof, Edenbornerhof, Hessenhütte, Neuhof, Rothenkircherhof and Schillerhain Further places of residence are railway station 2262, Brunnenberg, brickworks Ebert, Kohlhütte and Ziegelhütte.Climate The annual precipitation is 585 mm. The precipitation lies in the lower quarter of the values recorded in Germany. Lower values are registered at 18 percent of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February. Most precipitation falls from May to July. Lower seasonal fluctuations are registered at only one percent of the measuring stations. MeteoGroup operates a local weather station. The community and the local group Donnersberg of the association Pollichia participated in the financing. The station's data is displayed on an electronic display board in the city centre. They are also included in the weather report, which is presented daily by the company on ARD and SWR3 television programmes . Remarkable is a high value of the annual sunshine duration of 1940 hours measured at this station.Politics In 2019 the town gained international attention after Lisel Heise, a 100-year old former physical education teacher ran for the local council and was elected.Year up to 1900 Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken , nobleman Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg , Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg , nobleman Wilhelm, Duke of Nassau , Duke of Nassau from 1816 to 1839 Georg von Neumayer , geophysicist and polar explorer, founder and leader of the German naval reserve . Eugen Wolf , journalist and researcher20th century David Hoffmann , bodybuilder Sascha Kotysch , soccer player Max Roser , economist and media criticPictures
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