Maxdorf is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis , in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . It is situated approximately 11 km west of Ludwigshafen .
3-594: Maxdorf is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Maxdorf . Maxdorf was founded in 19th century by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria . It was incorporated into Lambsheim in 1865. In 1952, Maxdorf became an independent municipality again. This Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde ( German pronunciation: [fɛɐ̯ˈbantsɡəˌmaɪndə] ; plural Verbandsgemeinden )
6-524: Is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt . A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 Verbandsgemeinden , which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde ) which comprise single settlements. Most of
9-598: The Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit was Amt . Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided into Verwaltungsgemeinschaften and, since 1 July 2009 also Verbandsgemeinden . Since
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