Kalkofen

Kalkofen
Kalkofen
Municipality
	protestant church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kalkofen within Donnersbergkreis district
	Kalkofen Kalkofen
	Coordinates: 49°43′59″N 7°50′08″E / 49.73306°N 7.83556°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Donnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.	Nordpfälzer Land
Government
• Mayor (2021–24)	Christoph Küsters
Area
• Total	1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi)
Elevation	311 m (1,020 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	168
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67822
Dialling codes	06362
Vehicle registration	KIB

Kalkofen (literally translated: "lime kiln") is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The village is situated in the valley of the Ohlbach stream. The nearest larger cities are Bad Kreuznach and Kaiserslautern. Neighbouring municipalities are Münsterappel, Winterborn and Alsenz.

Kalkofen was first mentioned in a document in 1365.

The coat of arms shows a lime kiln, referencing the village‘s name, and an argent wheel on azur.

In 1960 there were 40 farms in the village, which employed 60% of the village‘s population. Today most residents commute to work.

Highways A61 and A63 run east of Kalkofen.

The three bus stops of the village are served by line 914 of the VRN.^[3]

^ Arno Mohr (2021-04-09). "Der neue Bürgermeister Christoph Küsters will viele Projekte angehen". Die Rheinpfalz. Rheinpfalz Verlag und Druckerei GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ "Liniennetzplan Donnersbergkreis" (PDF). vrn.de. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH. Retrieved 2025-02-13.

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