Coordinates: 50°34′N 7°6′E / 50.567°N 7.100°E / 50.567; 7.100

Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde)

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Ringen
Coat of arms of Ringen
Location of Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde)
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Ringen is located in Germany
Ringen
Ringen
Ringen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Ringen
Ringen
Coordinates: 50°34′N 7°6′E / 50.567°N 7.100°E / 50.567; 7.100
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictLandkreis Ahrweiler
Disbanded1974
Subdivisions12 Gemeinden
Area
 • Total61.88 km2 (23.89 sq mi)
Population
 (1974)
 • Total6,566
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationAW

Ringen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the municipality was in Ringen. It existed from 1 October 1968 until 16 March 1974, when the new municipality Grafschaft was formed.[1]

The Verbandsgemeinde Ringen consisted of the following 12 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities") (population as of 1974):[2]

Municipality Area (km²) Population
Bengen 413
Birresdorf 369
Eckendorf 287
Gelsdorf 823
Holzweiler 623
Kalenborn 453
Karweiler 457
Lantershofen 690
Leimersdorf 603
Nierendorf 418
Ringen * 948
Vettelhoven 482
Verbandsgemeinde
Ringen
61.88 6,566

* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

References

  1. ^ Sechzehntes Landesgesetz über die Verwaltungsvereinfachung im Lande Rheinland-Pfalz vom 19. Dezember 1973 (GVBl. p. 541) (in German)
  2. ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053010/http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Verzeichnisse/AmtlichesGemeindeverzeichnis_2006.pdf Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2006 - Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (p. 177)] at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 December 2017) (in German)