Berschweiler near Kirn

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Coat of arms of the local community Berschweiler near Kirn
Berschweiler near Kirn
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Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Birch field
Association municipality : Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height : 415 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.53 km 2
Residents: 266 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 55608
Area code : 06752
License plate : BIR
Community key : 07 1 34 009
LOCODE : DE B6Z
Association administration address: Brühlstrasse 16
55756 Herrstein
Website : www.berschweiler.de
Local Mayor : Hubert Paal
Location of the local community Berschweiler near Kirn in the Birkenfeld district
Horbruch Krummenau (Hunsrück) Weitersbach Gösenroth Schwerbach Oberkirn Hausen (Hunsrück) Rhaunen Stipshausen Hottenbach Hellertshausen Schauren Asbach Sulzbach (Hunsrück) Bollenbach Bundenbach Baumholder Frauenberg Reichenbach Heimbach Ruschberg Berglangenbach Fohren-Linden Berschweiler bei Baumholder Mettweiler Eckersweiler Rohrbach Rückweiler Hahnweiler Leitzweiler Sien Sienhachenbach Schmidthachenbach Oberreidenbach Mittelreidenbach Dickesbach Fischbach Bergen Berschweiler bei Kirn Hintertiefenbach Gerach Niederwörresbach Niederhosenbach Griebelschied Sonnschied Wickenrodt Herrstein Oberwörresbach Veitsrodt Herborn Mörschied Breitenthal Oberhosenbach Weiden Vollmersbach Kempfeld Kirschweiler Bruchweiler Allenbach Wirschweiler Langweiler (bei Idar-Oberstein) Idar-Oberstein Sensweiler Hettenrodt Mackenrodt Siesbach Leisel Schwollen Hattgenstein Oberhambach Rinzenberg Börfink Buhlenberg Abentheuer Brücken (bei Birkenfeld) Achtelsbach Meckenbach Ellweiler Dambach Gimbweiler Hoppstädten-Weiersbach Dienstweiler Nohen Birkenfeld (Nahe) Ellenberg Gollenberg Rimsberg Schmißberg Elchweiler Niederhambach Niederbrombach Kronweiler Sonnenberg-Winnenberg Oberbrombach Rötsweiler-Nockenthal Wilzenberg-Hußweiler Saarland Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Landkreis Kuselmap
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View of Berschweiler from the west.
Berschweiler and Bergen cemetery.

Berschweiler bei Kirn is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .

geography

The place is north of the Nahe between Kirn and Herrstein . Almost half of the district area is forested.

Two thirds of the municipal area are under nature protection.

Land use

  • Agricultural area 44.2%
  • Forest area 48.4%
  • Water surface 0.2%
  • Settlement and traffic area 6.9%
  • Other areas 0.2%

There are still 3 farms in the small town, two of which are full-time farms.

Population development

The development of the population of Berschweiler bei Kirn, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 194
1835 220
1871 245
1905 259
1939 258
1950 283
year Residents
1961 287
1970 301
1987 273
1997 276
2005 291
2019 266

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Berschweiler consists of six council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the directly elected honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Hubert Paal became mayor of Bergen in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 95.09% of the votes.

Culture and sights

Berschweiler belongs to the Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road and is located on the Sirona-Weg . The historic Fischbach copper mine , one of the largest and most important copper mines in Germany, is located between Berschweiler and Fischbach . In the south there is a memorial stone, which reminds of the former place Staufenberg . In the west at the common cemetery of Bergen and Berschweiler there is another memorial stone that reminds of the former place Wassernach . An old Roman road, a branch line of Ausoniusstraße, runs close by  .

Since 2015, Berschweiler near Kirn has been allowed  to use  the suffix "National Park Community". It  is 6 km as the crow flies to the border of the  Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park . The  Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park  is the sixteenth  German national park , Germany's youngest national park .

Economy and Infrastructure

Bundesstraße 41 runs in the southeast . In Kirn there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

Web links

Commons : Berschweiler bei Kirn  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ Andreas Nitsch: Mayor? Quartet in VG Herrstein is by no means thinking of quitting. Hubert Paal. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, February 21, 2019, accessed on August 16, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth line of results. Retrieved August 16, 2020 .