Musikantenland

The Musikantenland ("Musician's Land") is an area of the northern West Palatinate in Germany, north of the Landstuhler Bruch in the area of the rivers Glan and Lauter. On the fringes of this region are the city of Kaiserslautern and the towns of Kusel, Rockenhausen and Meisenheim (only Kusel being counted as part of the Musikantenland). The region is located in the counties of Kusel and Kaiserslautern. This region is named after the Westphalian Wandering Musicians, who originated from here, especially from 1850 until the First World War.