Nanzdietschweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Oberes Glantal.
Geography
Location
Nanzdietschweiler lies in the upper Glan valley where the Landstuhler Bruch (a depression) meets the North Palatine Uplands. The village's elevation ranges from 220 m to 250 m above sea level. The municipality's highest peaks reach 384 m above sea level. The municipal area is characterized by woodland, meadows and the species-rich river Glan, which flows through, among other things, the “Heimerbrühl” bird conservation area. Nanzdietschweiler is the biggest municipality in the Verbandsgemeinde by land area, and ranks second in population after Herschweiler-Pettersheim. Nanzdietschweiler arose out of the three centres of Dietschweiler, Nanzweiler and Nanzdiezweiler, each of whose locations is well defined. Dietschweiler lies on the Glan's left bank in the dale's upper reaches, mainly on three streets in the area of two small brooks, the Ochsenbach and the Lützelbach, which empty into the Glan. On the hill northwest of this centre lies the Lützelbacherhof, an Aussiedlerhof (post-war agricultural community). Nanzweiler stretches just under a kilometre farther north on the Glan's left bank, with a settlement concentrated at the riverbank, a linear settlement in the Atzelbach valley and most prominently a settlement on the rise between this brook and the Glan towards the south. Nanzdiezweiler lies on the Glan's right bank across the river from Nanzweiler as an enclosed clump village north of the Maulschbach, which empties here into the Glan. A smaller part lying farther south stands across the river from Dietschweiler. On the floor of the valley, the village lies some 220 m above sea level. The mountains on the Glan's left bank reach heights of more than 350 m above sea level (Gardelstein 366 m, Rosengarten 384 m), while those over on the right bank generally are not quite as high as 350 m above sea level.
Neighbouring municipalities
Nanzdietschweiler borders in the north on the municipality of Glan-Münchweiler, in the northeast on the municipality of Niedermohr, in the southeast on the municipality of Hütschenhausen, in the southwest on the municipality of Gries and in the west on the municipality of Börsborn.
Constituent communities
Nanzdietschweiler's Ortsteile are Nanzweiler, Dietschweiler, Nanzdietzweiler and Kreuz, although the last named is usually grouped with Dietschweiler. Nanzdietschweiler was formed on 10 January 1969 (with effect from 7 June 1969) out of these centres. Nanzweiler, Dietschweiler and Nanzdiezweiler were once separate municipalities. Kreuz was part of the makeup, too, but was counted as part of Dietschweiler even then. The municipal limit ran along the Glan (Nanzweiler/Nanzdiezweiler) and over the heights at what is now the sporting ground (Nanzweiler/Dietschweiler). The centre of Kreuz with its old gristmill (the Dietschweiler Mühle), on the other hand, was an exception. It lay on the Glan's right bank (Nanzdiezweiler), but was nevertheless considered part of Dietschweiler. Also belonging to Nanzdietschweiler is the outlying homestead of Lützelbacherhof.