Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde)

Ringen
Location of Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde)
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
 • Total
61.88 km2 (23.89 sq mi)
Population
 (1974)
 • Total
6,566
 • Density106.1/km2 (274.8/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. ^ "Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2006 - Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (p. 177)" (PDF). Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (in German)