Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Statistics State: Rhineland-Palatinate Adm. Region: Rheinhessen-Pfalz Capital: Kusel Area: 573.42 km² Inhabitants: 78,530 (2001) pop. density: 137 inh./km² Car identification: KUS Homepage: http://www.landkreis-kusel.de Map Kusel is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north-west clockwise) Birkenfeld, Bad Kreuznach, Donnersbergkreis, Kaiserslautern, Saarpfalz and Sankt Wendel, the latter two belonging to the state of Saarland. Table of contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links History .. Geography The district is located in the North Palatian Hills (Nordpfälzer Bergland), to the north of the industrial areas of Saarland. Largest rivers are Lauter and Glan. Coat of arms The coat of arms displays two lions. The blue lion is the heraldic animal of the Counts of Veldenz. The yellow lion is the lion of Palatinate, that acquired the area in the 15th century. Towns and municipalities Kusel Lauterecken Wolfstein Verbandsgemeinden Altenglan Glan-Münchweiler Kusel Lauterecken Schönenberg-Kübelberg Waldmohr Wolfstein External links Official website (German) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.