sentences:  Albessen lies near Kusel in the Westrich – an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France – on the state boundary with the Saarland, at the foot of the lengthy mixed forest area known as the "Albesser Hain", after the municipality ("Hain" means “grove” in German).The municipality has a mainly agricultural structure, and is the smallest municipality within the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Kusel.Albessen lies some 370 m above sea level in the broad, fertile hollow of the Albessbach, which rises in the municipality's west, flowing down eastwards to the Konker Bach.