Dahn
Sign in to saveDahn () is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate Forest, approximately 15 km southeast of Pirmasens, and 25 km west of Landau. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Dahner Felsenland. thumb|200px|Landmark: The Jungfernsprung rock thumb|200px|War Memorial for those killed in action in WW I and II
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Dahn-St Laurentius-20-2019-gje.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- St. Laurentius
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Dahn COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Dahn in PS.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Südwestpfalz
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Dahner Felsenland
- German location.elevation
- 210
- German location.area
- 40.76
- German location.postal_code
- 66994
- German location.area_code
- 06391
- German location.licence
- PS
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 3 40 004
- German location.website
- www.dahn.de
- German location.mayor
- Holger Zwick
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Coat of arms
- Municipal law
- Politics
- Culture and sightseeing
- Economy and infrastructures
- Economy
- Traffic
- Healthcare
- Education
- Personalities
- Sons and daughters of the city of Dahn
- Personalities, operated in Dahn
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Dahn () is a municipality in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate Forest, approximately 15 km southeast of Pirmasens, and 25 km west of Landau. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Dahner Felsenland. thumb|200px|Landmark: The Jungfernsprung rock thumb|200px|War Memorial for those killed in action in WW I and II
==Geography== Dahn is located 210 m above sea level in a valley of the Dahner Felsenland, a part of the Wasgau, which is itself a part of the Palatinate Forest. A small creek, the Lauter, flows through Dahn, and here, in the area of its headwaters, is called the Wieslauter. The border with Alsace (France) is located 10 km south of Dahn.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dahn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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