Mackenbach

Mackenbach

Coat of arms
Mackenbach
Location of Mackenbach within Kaiserslautern district
Coordinates: 49°28′18″N 7°35′08″E / 49.47167°N 7.58556°E / 49.47167; 7.58556Coordinates: 49°28′18″N 7°35′08″E / 49.47167°N 7.58556°E / 49.47167; 7.58556
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Kaiserslautern
Municipal assoc. Weilerbach
Government
 • Mayor Werner Christmann (SPD)
Area
 • Total 3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Elevation 264 m (866 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,982
 • Density 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 67686
Dialling codes 06374
Vehicle registration KL
Website www.weilerbach.de

Mackenbach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. it is home to numerous restaurants and bay about 8 beauty salons and one grocery store

Culture and sights

Music

Mackenbach's reputation as a musicians' village was established by the wandering musicians from the mid-19th century to the 1930s. They travelled with bands and circuses around the world and made music worldwide - in all of Europe, but also in the USA, Australia and Africa) - in order to compensate for the poor income from agriculture in their homeland.

Today their music continues to be played in male voice choirs, in music societies and in Protestant church choirs.

Museums

The West Palatine Musicians Museum is dedicated to the West Palatine travelling musicians.


References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.


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