Breitenheim

Breitenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Meisenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationBreitenheim, a linear village, lies in the North Palatine Uplands in a side dale to the Glan. The municipal area measures 569 ha.Neighbouring municipalitiesClockwise from the north, Breitenheim’s neighbours are the municipality of Desloch, the town of Meisenheim, the municipality of Odenbach, the municipality of Medard (both in the neighbouring Kusel district), the municipality of Löllbach and the municipality of Jeckenbach.Constituent communitiesAlso belonging to Breitenheim is the outlying homestead of Lacher Hof.