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27-566: 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 . The village

54-748: A district, but take on district responsibilities themselves, similar to the concept of independent cities . These are known as "urban districts" (German: kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise )—cities which constitute a district in their own right—and there are 106 of them, bringing the total number of districts to 400. As of 2016 , approximately 26 million people live in these 107 urban districts. In North Rhine-Westphalia , there are some cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants which are not urban districts, these being Recklinghausen , Gütersloh , Siegen , Paderborn , Bergisch Gladbach , Neuss and Moers . Nevertheless, these cities take over many district responsibilities themselves, although they are still part of

81-697: A fusion of a district-free town with its adjacent rural district: besides the Regionalverband Saarbrücken ( Saarbrücken regional association ), from 1974 until 2007 called "Stadtverband Saarbrücken" ( Saarbrücken town association ), there is the Hanover Region since 2001 and the Städteregion Aachen ( Aachen region of towns ) since 2009. Aachen, Hanover and Göttingen retain certain rights of an urban district ( Kreisfreie Stadt ); Saarbrücken has not explicitly determined

108-423: A larger rural district. Midsize towns can perform particular administrative functions of the district as well, especially to provide common services to the local citizens. The classification as "midsize" town is usually based on a town's registered population, but varies from state to state. A special type of rural districts includes the three Kommunalverbände besonderer Art ( Municipal unions of special kind ),

135-604: A mayor, in most greater cities usually by the Lord Mayor . Rural districts in some German states have an additional administrative committee called Kreisausschuss . This committee is generally led by the Landrat and includes a number of additional voluntary members. It takes over certain administrative functions for the district, following decisions of the district council. However, the exact role and regulations of this panel vary greatly between different states. The city where

162-511: A regular basis. Elections for the municipal councils ( Kommunalwahlen ) take place every 4 years in Bremen, every 6 years in Bavaria and every 5 years in all other states. The office of mayor is full-time ( hauptamtlich ) in larger municipalities, and voluntary ( ehrenamtlich ) in smaller municipalities, for instance those that are part of a municipal association. Mayors are elected for

189-498: A similar provision in its legislation. According to common federal and state laws, the districts are responsible for the following tasks: Districts can perform additional functions, based on varying local laws in each region: All these tasks are carried out by local (municipal) authorities operating together. Urban districts have these responsibilities and also those of the municipalities. The district council (German: Kreistag , pronounced [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌtaːk] )

216-600: A specific term, which is different in every state. Since mayoral elections also have to be held when a mayor resigns from office, these do not take place at the same time for all municipalities in a state. The terms for mayors are: Districts of Germany In 13 German states , the primary administrative subdivision higher than a Gemeinde (municipality) is the Landkreis or Kreis . Most major cities in Germany are not part of any Kreis , but instead combine

243-419: Is an officer known as Landrat or Landrätin , who is responsible for the district's day-to-day administration and acts as its representative for official purposes. In parts of northern Germany, Landrat is also the name of the entire district administration, which in southern Germany is known as Kreisverwaltung or Landratsamt . In urban districts similar administrative functions are performed by

270-761: 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

297-481: Is the highest institution of a rural district and is responsible for all fundamental guidelines of regional self-administration. This council is elected directly every five years, except in Bavaria where it is elected every six years. Usually the administrative seat of a rural district is located in one of its largest towns. However, district council and administrative seat of some rural districts are not situated within

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324-566: The Kreis (e.g. Große Kreisstadt ). Municipalities titled Stadt (town or city) are urban municipalities while those titled Gemeinde are classified as rural municipalities. With more than 3,600,000 inhabitants, the most populous municipality of Germany is the city of Berlin ; and the least populous is Gröde in Schleswig-Holstein . Status as of January 2024. The number of municipalities of Germany has decreased strongly over

351-551: 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

378-482: The U.S. Army by the end of fiscal year 2010 (30 Sep 2010) [1] Municipalities of Germany The highest degree of autonomy may be found in the Gemeinden which are not part of a Kreis ("district"). These Gemeinden are referred to as Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise , often translated as "urban district". In some states they retained a higher measure of autonomy than the other municipalities of

405-628: 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

432-412: 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. The municipality

459-412: The district proper, but in an adjacent district-free city. Most of those rural districts are named after this central city as well (e.g. Bamberg and Karlsruhe ). Moers is the biggest city in Germany (and at present time the only one with more than 100,000 inhabitants) that is neither an urban district, nor the district seat of its rural district. The highest administrative position of a rural district

486-473: The functions of a municipality and a Kreis ; such a city is referred to as a kreisfreie Stadt or Stadtkreis . (Land-)Kreise stand at an intermediate level of administration between each state ( Länder ) and the municipalities ( Gemeinden ) within it. These correspond to level-3 administrative units in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 3). Previously,

513-637: The mayor Peter Beutler (FWG). (Dated: elections June 9, 2024) 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

540-484: 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. On October 31, 2014, 44.61 percent of

567-423: The office of the district's administration is located is called Kreisstadt ("district city"), or Kreishauptort ("district main community") if it is not a city. Often the district is named after its district city. Linguistically, any city within a district could be called a "Kreisstadt", especially those that aren't district-free to distinguish them from district-free cities. This term has to be distinguished from

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594-534: 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. The municipal council of Sembach has 17 members, including

621-444: The same time, many districts and also urban districts were merged into larger districts. There are several types of municipalities in Germany, with different levels of autonomy. Each federal state has its own administrative laws, and its own local government structure. The main types of municipalities are: In all municipalities, the mayor and the members of the municipal council are appointed by local elections that take place on

648-593: The similar title Imperial Circle ( Reichskreis ) referred to groups of states in the Holy Roman Empire . The related term Landeskommissariat was used for similar administrative divisions in some German territories until the 19th century. The majority of German districts are "rural districts" (German: Landkreise , pronounced [ˈlantˌkʁaɪ̯zə] ), of which there are 294 as of 2017 . Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (and smaller towns in some states) do not usually belong to

675-600: The years: in 1968 there were 24,282 municipalities in West Germany , and in 1980 there were 8,409. The same trend occurred in the New states of Germany after the German reunification: from 7,612 municipalities in 1990 to 2,380 as of 1 January 2024. While in some cases growing cities absorbed neighbouring municipalities, most of these mergers were driven by a need to increase the efficiency and reduce costs of administration. At

702-766: 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

729-538: 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

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