Schweigen-Rechtenbach

Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Schweigen-Rechtenbach within Südliche Weinstraße district
Schweigen-Rechtenbach Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Coordinates: 49°03′11″N 7°57′22″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Südliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc.	Bad Bergzabern
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Dieter Geißer
Area
• Total	16.04 km2 (6.19 sq mi)
Elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,392
• Density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76889
Dialling codes	06342
Vehicle registration	SÜW
Website	www.schweigen-rechtenbach.de

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Geography

Schweigen-Rechtenbach is located at the southern end, marked by the imposing Deutsches Weintor, of the German Wine Route. The principal route no longer passes through the "Weintor", but has been diverted round it. Continuing in a southerly direction from the municipality the principal route continues to Wissembourg, first crossing the current frontier between Germany and France.

History

Schweigen-Rechtenbach was created, as part of a larger programme of local government boundary reforms in the area, on 7 June 1969 through the fusion of Schweigen and Rechtenbach, both of which had previously been administratively independent.