Sembach

For the U.S. military installation, see Sembach Kaserne.

Sembach
Municipality
The Center of Sembach The Center of Sembach
Coat of arms
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98 55 103 52 110 47 111 48 115 51 120 53 117 57 115 59 110 62 104 65 100 62 100 57 Kollweiler poly 97 78 100 79 106 81 111 80 116 87 120 89 110 93 101 82 Mackenbach poly 61 72 63 70 69 70 70 67 73 65 77 63 80 60 83 53 84 50 85 49 86 49 86 49 87 54 91 55 98 55 100 57 100 62 104 65 99 71 97 74 97 78 86 74 74 74 71 78 70 78 66 76 64 76 61 77 62 75 Reichenbach-Steegen poly 134 89 140 84 139 76 140 74 142 73 145 71 150 71 152 72 153 76 151 90 163 100 164 108 141 105 Rodenbach poly 97 78 97 74 99 71 104 65 110 62 115 59 119 62 120 68 124 71 119 74 117 79 111 80 106 81 100 79 Schwedelbach poly 111 80 117 79 119 74 124 71 128 73 133 74 137 74 139 76 140 84 134 89 141 105 132 105 132 113 131 114 128 104 124 103 120 89 116 87 Weilerbach poly 129 115 131 114 132 113 132 105 141 105 164 108 163 100 151 90 153 76 163 71 166 74 170 74 179 87 187 84 188 75 193 74 195 76 208 79 208 86 214 95 228 92 228 92 228 92 234 101 235 101 234 107 237 108 238 114 240 127 239 131 215 141 216 150 224 148 220 156 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Sembach Sembach
Coordinates: 49°30′49″N 07°51′38″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Kaiserslautern
Municipal assoc.	Enkenbach-Alsenborn
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Fritz Hack (SPD)
Area
• Total	5.49 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,169
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67681
Dialling codes	06303
Vehicle registration	KL
Website	www.sembach-online.de

Sembach is a municipality in the district of Kaiserslautern in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It forms part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Enkenbach-Alsenborn. The town is nestled in the Palatinate Forest Nature Park between Kaiserslautern and Donnersbergkreis. Sembach was first mentioned in the 13th century, in a document about a donation to the monastery of Enkenbach.

History

The village was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century on the occasion of a donation to the Enkenbach monastery. Before the French Revolution, the village belonged to the Kolb von Wartenberg family. At the end of the 18th century, Sembach was occupied by France and was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire. During this time, Sembach was incorporated into the canton of Winnweiler.

The municipality benefited from the construction of Napoleon's imperial road from Paris to Mainz, which placed the town on a supra-regional transport route and made it a post station in 1809. As a result of the resolutions passed at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Sembach first became part of Austria and a year later the Rhine district in the Kingdom of Bavaria, which later became the Palatinate. From 1818 to 1862, Sembach belonged to the Kaiserslautern district commissariat, from which the Kaiserslautern district office emerged. On December 1, 1900, the municipality moved to the newly created district office of Rockenhausen.

From 1939, the town was part of the district of Rockenhausen. After the Second World War, Sembach became part of the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone, ending its affiliation with Bavaria. In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform, the town was transferred to the newly created Donnersberg district. Another change of district took place on April 22, 1972; since then, the municipality has been part of the district of Kaiserslautern. In the same year, it was incorporated into the municipality of Enkenbach-Alsenborn, which existed in this form until 2014.

Geography

The municipality is located on the edge of the Palatinate Forest Nature Park just under ten kilometers north-east of the city of Kaiserslautern in the Lower Palatinate Forest in the north-east of the Kaiserslautern district, directly on the border with the Donnersberg district. The area in the municipality's catchment area is known as the Sembacher Platten and is unwooded. The Nordpfälzer Bergland is located immediately to the north. The Lohnsbach stream touches the western edge of the settlement area. The Alsenz runs for a few hundred meters across the north-east of the district; in this area it takes in the Stinkentalbach from the left. Neighboring municipalities are - clockwise - Wartenberg-Rohrbach, Münchweiler an der Alsenz, Gonbach, Neuhemsbach, Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Mehlingen and Otterberg.

Religion

On October 31, 2014, 44.61 percent of the population was Protestant and 23.58 percent Catholic. The remainder belonged to another religion or were non-denominational[2].

There have been Mennonites in Sembach since the 17th century. In 1960, the Sembach community had around 280 members,[3] currently there are around 158 members.[4] The Jews who once lived in the village were buried in Mehlingen.

Politics

Municipal council

The municipal council of Sembach has 17 members, including the mayor Peter Beutler (FWG).

	SPD	CDU	FWG	Total
2024	3	3	10	16 seats

(Dated: elections June 9, 2024)

Sembach By Car

• The Bundesstraße 40 runs through the edge of the town. The Bundesautobahn 63 (Kaiserslautern- Mainz) exit Sembach, is 1 km from the middle of Sembach. Frankfurt is 107 km north from Sembach, and downtown Kaiserslautern (Stadtmitte) is about 8 km away.

American military influence

Headquarters of 17th Air Force from October 1972 until September 30, 1996. Dependent schooling from Kindergarten to 3rd grade is in Sembach Elementary School and grades 4th-9th in Sembach Middle School. Many other buildings consist of Sembach Annex accomplishing a variety of missions for the United States Air Force. Sembach Airbase was shut down in 1996 with the runway shutting down and the remainder of Sembach AB being transferred to its current status as an annex of Ramstein Air Base. The former runway has been mostly dismantled except for a small stretch at the eastern end with the remainder of the former facility now being an industrial park. An article dated 26 January 2010 in the Stars & Stripes stated the facility would be turned over to the U.S. Army by the end of fiscal year 2010 (30 Sep 2010)[1]

External links

• Sembach Missileers - 38th TAC Missile Wing Missileers stationed at Sembach AB, Germany, 1959-1966