Mannweiler-Cölln

Mannweiler-Cölln is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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Geography

Mannweiler-Cölln is located in the Alsenz river valley in the North Palatine Uplands. It borders Oberndorf, Bayerfeld-Steckweiler and Schiersfeld.
Kaiserslautern is located about 38 km to the south.

History

The current municipality was formed in 1969 by the merger of Mannweiler and Cölln.

Culture and sights

The Protestant Church of Mannweiler-Cölln
Catholic Chapel. Chapel room in old Catholic schoolhouse, made 1741 by conversion of a farmhouse. Timber-framed building with stained-glass, today occasionally used for services
Randeck Museum.
Ruins of Randeck Castle
Ruins of the Stolzenburg

Infrastructure

Mannweiler had an epounymous station along the Alsenz Valley Railway. Cölln shared a station with neighbouring Bayerfeld-Steckweiler under the name Bayerfeld-Cölln. Both were closed after World War II.