What is "herxheim"

Herxheim is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the municipality is in Herxheim.

The Verbandsgemeinde Herxheim consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

1. Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
2. Herxheimweyher
3. Insheim
4. Rohrbach

Category:Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate

The archaeological site of Herxheim, located in the municipality of Herxheim in southwest Germany, was a ritual center and a mass grave formed by people of the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) culture in Neolithic Europe. The site is often compared to that of the Talheim Death Pit and Schletz-Asparn, but is quite different in nature. The site dates from between 5300 and 4950 BC.

Herxheim may refer to:

• Herxheim am Berg, a town in the district Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Herxheim (archaeological site), located in the town
• Herxheim (Verbandsgemeinde), an administrative region in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz, a town in the district Südliche Weinstraße, seat of the administrative reason