Hinzerath

Hinzerath Association-free municipality of Morbach
	Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '52 " N , 7 ° 10' 44" E
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	300
Incorporation :	December 31, 1974
Postal code :	54497
Area code :	06533
Location of Hinzerath in Rhineland-Palatinate

Hinzerath is a village in the Hunsrück , part of the municipality Morbach in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich in Rhineland-Palatinate .

geography

Hinzerath is located on the northern edge of the Idarwald , 1 km north of the village is the Hunsrückhöhenstraße . One kilometer west of the village is Baldenau Castle , one of the few moated castles in the Hunsrück. About two kilometers to the north on a ridge at the meeting of the federal highways B 50 and B 327 ( Hunsrückhöhenstraße ) is the Belginum Archaeological Park on the former Ausoniusstraße and opposite the Stumpfe Turm , a historic watchtower that can also be found in the local coat of arms.

Since December 31, 1974, Hinzerath has belonged to the community of Morbach, which is not part of the association.

	Blazon : "A silver-grooved black slate tower stump growing out of a green three-mountain in gold."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The stump of the slate tower represents the stump tower from the 14th century standing directly on Hunsrückhöhenstrasse B 327 100 m northeast of the intersection with the B 50 - L 159 .

↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 187 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.