Eckersweiler

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Baumholder
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.69 km 2
Residents:	164 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55777
Area code :	06783
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 021
Association administration address:	Am Weiherdamm 1 ; 55774 Baumholder
Website :	www.eckersweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Peter Bohr
Location of the local community Eckersweiler in the Birkenfeld district

Eckersweiler

Landscape near Eckersweiler

Eckersweiler is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Baumholder community . Eckersweiler is the southernmost municipality in the district.

geography

Eckersweiler is located in Westrich on the border with Saarland . Kusel is about 6 kilometers southeast of the municipality. In the north is Berschweiler bei Baumholder , in the east Thallichtenberg , in the south Reichweiler and in the west is Freisen .

Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the part of the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, which came from the County of Veldenz , and was assigned to the Berschweiler mayor in the Oberamt Lichtenberg . In 1790 33 families lived in the village. The district of Eckersweiler covered 367 hectares .

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Eckersweiler belonged to the canton Baumholder in the Saardepartement . Due to the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came to the Saxon-Coburg principality of Lichtenberg in 1816 , to which it belonged until 1834. The municipality of Eckersweiler initially belonged to the mayor's office of Berschweiler, from 1823 to the mayor's office of Burglichtenberg (see also the list of municipalities in the Principality of Lichtenberg ). After the sale to Prussia and the dissolution of the Principality of Lichtenberg, Eckersweiler came to the newly established St. Wendel district in the Rhine province . Eckersweiler has been part of the Birkenfeld district since 1937 and part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

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

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

	Blazon : "In a split shield above a growing red armored and tongued blue lion in silver, below in blue a silver tower with a spire."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The blue lion refers to the former belonging to the County of Veldenz . The tower represents the listed church tower in the village. The coat of arms was approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior in 1964 .