Bruchweiler

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	550 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.13 km 2
Residents:	492 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55758
Area code :	06786
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 014
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.bruchweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Stefan Molz
Location of the local community of Bruchweiler in the Birkenfeld district

Bruchweiler is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community and is located on the German Gemstone Road . Bruchweiler is a state-approved resort .

geography

Bruchweiler is a national park community in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park .

climate

The annual precipitation is 831 mm. The precipitation is in the upper third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 69% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is April, with the most rainfall in December. In December there is 1.4 times more rainfall than in April. The monthly precipitation totals vary only slightly, as the precipitation is extremely evenly distributed over the year.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1279 as Bruchvillare . He was one of the wild counts . In 1555 the Reformation was introduced. After the French Revolution , Bruchweiler belonged to the Saar department . In the Congress of Vienna in 1815 it was added to Prussia , where it remained until the formation of Rhineland-Palatinate after the Second World War .

Until the municipal administration reform of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, the Hunsrück town was part of the Bernkastel district .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 198 1835 319 1871 370 1905 347 1939 382

year Residents 1950 382 1961 466 1970 505 1987 504 2005 532

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Bruchweiler consists of twelve 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

Stefan Molz became the local mayor of Bruchweiler in August 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of 78.29% of the votes.

Molz's predecessor as local mayor has been Horst Scherer since 2008 and Baldur Wenz for more than 25 years.

Worth seeing

Evangelical church with Stumm organ

• Protestant church

clinic

The Gemstone Clinic of the German Pension Insurance Rhineland-Palatinate is geared towards child and youth rehabilitation.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Bruchweiler

Web links

Commons : Bruchweiler  - Collection of images

• Local community Bruchweiler on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community
• Literature about Bruchweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, 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. ↑ Bruchweiler: New local chief suggests founding a senior citizens' committee. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, September 1, 2014, accessed on August 18, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results. Retrieved August 18, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Horst Scherer wins. In: Trierischer Volksfreund. Volksfreund-Druckerei Nikolaus Koch GmbH, Trier, April 21, 2008, accessed on August 18, 2020 .