Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde)

Ringen
Verbandsgemeinde
Coat of arms
Location of Ringen (Verbandsgemeinde)
Ringen Show map of Germany Ringen Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°34′N 7°6′E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Landkreis Ahrweiler
Disbanded	1974
Subdivisions	12 Gemeinden
Area
• Total	61.88 km^2 (23.89 sq mi)
Population  (1974)
• Total	6,566
• Density	110/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	AW

Ringen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the municipality was in Ringen. It existed from 1 October 1968 until 16 March 1974, when the new municipality Grafschaft was formed.[1]

The Verbandsgemeinde Ringen consisted of the following 12 Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities") (population as of 1974):[2]

	Municipality	Area (km²)	Population
	Bengen		413
	Birresdorf		369
	Eckendorf		287
	Gelsdorf		823
	Holzweiler		623
	Kalenborn		453
	Karweiler		457
	Lantershofen		690
	Leimersdorf		603
	Nierendorf		418
	Ringen *		948
	Vettelhoven		482
	Verbandsgemeinde Ringen	61.88	6,566

^* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

References

1. Sechzehntes Landesgesetz über die Verwaltungsvereinfachung im Lande Rheinland-Pfalz vom 19. Dezember 1973 (GVBl. p. 541) (in German)
2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053010/http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Verzeichnisse/AmtlichesGemeindeverzeichnis_2006.pdf Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2006 - Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (p. 177)] at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 December 2017) (in German)