Hahnweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Baumholder
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.29 km 2
Residents:	170 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55776
Area code :	06789
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 033
Association administration address:	Am Weiherdamm 1 55774 Baumholder
Website :	www.hahnweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Heiko beer
Location of the local community Hahnweiler in the district of Birkenfeld

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

geography

The place is on the border with Saarland .

Rückweiler is to the northeast , Freisen (Saarland) to the south, Gimbweiler and Nohfelden - Wolfersweiler (Saarland) to the west and Leitzweiler to the north .

history

It belonged to the late 18th century to that of the county Veldenz originating part of the Duchy of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and was the Schultheißerei Wolfersweiler in office Nohfelden assigned. In 1790 18 families lived in the village.

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Hahnweiler 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 community of Hahnweiler initially belonged to the mayor's office of Berschweiler, from 1823 to the mayor's office of Burglichtenberg. After the sale to Prussia and the dissolution of the Principality of Lichtenberg, Hahnweiler came to the newly established St. Wendel district in the Rhine province . Hahnweiler has been part of the Birkenfeld district since 1937 and part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 107 1835 131 1871 140 1905 152 1939 177

year Residents 1950 162 1961 195 1970 236 1987 202 2005 227

year Residents 2013 189

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

The blue lion refers to the former belonging to the county of Veldenz . The rooster symbolizes the place name.

Economy and Infrastructure

Hahnweiler has a village community center.

The federal motorway 62 runs directly to the north .

In the local community Heimbach (Birkenfeld district) is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

Web links

Commons : Hahnweiler  - Collection of Images

• Local community Hahnweiler at the Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder
• Literature about Hahnweiler 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. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province, The map of 1789 (2nd volume), Bonn 1898. P. 404
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections