{{Infobox German location |image_photo = |image_coa = W mackenbach.jpg |coordinates = {{coord|49|28|18|N|7|35|08|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Mackenbach in KL.svg |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Kaiserslautern |Verbandsgemeinde = Weilerbach |elevation = 264 |area = 3.54 |postal_code = 67686 |area_code = 06374 |licence = KL |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 35 024 |website = [http://www.weilerbach.de/ www.weilerbach.de] |mayor = [[Daniel Schäffner]]<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3350000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Kaiserslautern], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019&ndash;24 |party = SPD }}

'''Mackenbach''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmakn̩bax}}) is a municipality in the [[Kaiserslautern (district)|district of Kaiserslautern]], in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], western [[Germany]]. it is home to numerous restaurants and bay about 8 beauty salons and one grocery store

== Culture and sights == === Music === Mackenbach's reputation as a musicians' village was established by the [[wandering musician]]s from the mid-19th century to the 1930s. They travelled with bands and circuses around the world and made music worldwide - in all of Europe, but also in the US, Australia and Africa) - in order to compensate for the poor income from agriculture in their homeland.

Today their music continues to be played in [[male voice choir]]s, in [[music societies]] and in Protestant [[church choir]]s.

=== Museums === The [[West Palatine Musicians Museum]] is dedicated to the West Palatine travelling musicians.

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