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==Geography== |
==Geography== |
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===Location=== |
===Location=== |
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The municipality lies at the foot of the ''Preußische Berge'' (Prussian Mountains) in the Westrich – an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and [[France]] – at the boundary with the [[Saarland]]. |
The municipality lies at the foot of the ''Preußische Berge'' (Prussian Mountains) in the Westrich – an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and [[France]] – at the boundary with the [[Saarland]]. |
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==Politics== |
==Politics== |
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===Municipal council=== |
===Municipal council=== |
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The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3360308400.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref> |
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by [[Plurality voting system|majority vote]] at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3360308400.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat]</ref> |
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===Mayor=== |
===Mayor=== |
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Reichweiler’s mayor is Bernd Hoffmann, and his deputies are Arnold Schmitt and Stefan Becker<ref>[http://vg.kusel.de/content/og/ograt.php?gid=13 Reichweiler’s council]</ref> |
Reichweiler’s mayor is Bernd Hoffmann, and his deputies are Arnold Schmitt and Stefan Becker.<ref>[http://vg.kusel.de/content/og/ograt.php?gid=13 Reichweiler’s council]</ref> |
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===Coat of arms=== |
===Coat of arms=== |
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==Culture and sightseeing== |
==Culture and sightseeing== |
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===Buildings=== |
===Buildings=== |
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The following are listed buildings or sites in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Kusel.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Kusel district]</ref> |
The following are listed buildings or sites in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Kusel.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Kusel district]</ref> |
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==Economy and infrastructure== |
==Economy and infrastructure== |
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===Transport=== |
===Transport=== |
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To the south lies the [[Autobahn]] [[Bundesautobahn 62|A 62]] ([[Kaiserslautern]]–[[Trier]]) with an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] in the municipality. |
To the south lies the [[Autobahn]] [[Bundesautobahn 62|A 62]] ([[Kaiserslautern]]–[[Trier]]) with an [[interchange (road)|interchange]] in the municipality. |
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Revision as of 17:25, 5 December 2012
Reichweiler | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Reichweiler within Kusel district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Kusel |
| Municipal assoc. | Kusel |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bernd Hoffmann |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.87 km2 (1.49 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 530 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 66871 |
| Dialling codes | 06384 |
| Vehicle registration | KUS |
Reichweiler 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 Kusel, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies at the foot of the Preußische Berge (Prussian Mountains) in the Westrich – an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France – at the boundary with the Saarland.
Neighbouring municipalities
Reichweiler borders in the north on the municipality of Eckersweiler, in the east on the municipality of Pfeffelbach and in the south and west on the municipality of Freisen in the Saarland.
History
In 1816, Reichweiler passed to the Principality of Lichtenberg, a newly created exclave of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, which as of 1826 became the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As part of this state, it passed in 1834 to the Kingdom of Prussia, which made this area into the Sankt Wendel district. Later, after the First World War, the Treaty of Versailles stipulated, among other things, that 26 of the Sankt Wendel district’s 94 municipalities had to be ceded to the British- and French-occupied Saarland. The remaining 68 municipalities then bore the designation “Restkreis St. Wendel-Baumholder”, with the first syllable of Restkreis having the same meaning as in English, in the sense of “left over”. Reichweiler belonged to this district until 1937, when it was transferred to the Birkenfeld district. In 1969, it was transferred once again, this time to the Kusel district, in which it remains today.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]
Mayor
Reichweiler’s mayor is Bernd Hoffmann, and his deputies are Arnold Schmitt and Stefan Becker.[3]
Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: Von Silber und Rot geteilt, oben ein wachsender, rotbewehrter und -bezungter, blauer Löwe, unten eine runde, goldene Scheibe, darin ein schwarzer Dolch über einem Paar schwarzer Stierhörner.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a demilion azure armed and langued gules and gules a bezant surmounted by a dagger palewise over a bull’s attires, both sable.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]
- Schulstraße 7 – former school; corner building on rusticated-block pedestal, half-hipped roof, about 1910
- Near Schulstraße 7 – warriors’ memorial for the fallen of the First World War; expanded for the fallen of the Second World War, heroes’ grove with soldier, possibly from the 1930s, name plaques from the 1950s
- Mithras cult icon, near Schwarzerden on Landesstraße 349 – high relief, possibly from the 3rd century, protective building from 1874
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
To the south lies the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier) with an interchange in the municipality.
Telecommunications
At 49°33′10″N 7°17′59″E / 49.55278°N 7.29972°E stands a 137 m-high transmission tower run by Deutsche Telekom AG, which like the nearby one on the Bornberg is a standard design of the type FMT 16.
References
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