Reipoltskirchen

Reipoltskirchen
Location of Reipoltskirchen within Kusel district
Reipoltskirchen
Reipoltskirchen
Coordinates: 49°38′4.6″N 7°39′42.25″E / 49.634611°N 7.6617361°E / 49.634611; 7.6617361
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictKusel
Municipal assoc.Lauterecken-Wolfstein
Government
  Mayor (201924) Ernst Eckert
Area
  Total
7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Elevation
208 m (682 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)
  Total
337
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67753
Dialling codes06364
Vehicle registrationKUS
Websitewww.reipoltskirchen.de
Lordship of Reipoltskirchen
Herrschaft Reipoltskirchen
before 1500–1792
StatusState of the Holy Roman Empire
CapitalReipoltskirchen
GovernmentPrincipality
Historical eraMiddle Ages
 Church first built
    in Richbaldes
 
ca 750
 First mention of
    Reipoltskirchen
 
1198
 Gained Reichsfreiheit
before 1500
 Annexed by France (to Saar)
1792
 
1816
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Electorate of the Palatinate
Sarre (département)

Reipoltskirchen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.