Kirschweiler

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Kirschweiler
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Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Birch field
Association municipality : Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height : 445 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.89 km 2
Residents: 1057 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 216 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 55743
Area code : 06781
License plate : BIR
Community key : 07 1 34 047
LOCODE : DE KWR
Association administration address: Brühlstrasse 16
55756 Herrstein
Website : www.kirschweiler.de
Local Mayor : Karl-Otto Dreher
Location of the local community Kirschweiler in the district of Birkenfeld
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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Kirschweiler is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .

geography

Kirschweiler is located a few kilometers northwest of Idar-Oberstein in the Hunsrück . 56 percent of the municipal area is forested. Other neighboring communities are Hettenrodt and Kempfeld with its district Katzenloch . To the northwest is the Kirschweiler Fortress nature reserve .

The residential areas Auf der Lüh and Kirschweiler Mühle also belong to Kirschweiler.

Kirschweiler is a national park municipality in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park .

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 185
1835 254
1871 373
1905 455
1939 653
1950 741
1961 966
year Residents
1970 1,128
1987 1,183
1997 1,157
2005 1,149
2011 1.108
2017 1,070
2019 1,057

politics

Municipal council

The council in Kirschweiler consists of 16 council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Karl-Otto Dreher became the local mayor of Kirschweiler in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 74.33%.

Dreher's predecessor Hans-Werner Moser held the office from 1997 to 2014.

Culture and sights

Gemstone fountain in Kirschweiler

There are still many gemstone cutters in the village, the majority of which can also be visited, a spacious golf course run by the Edelstein Hunsrück e. V. and two gemstone fountains in the town center. The "Burekirb" is celebrated in Kirschweiler every year.

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Economy and Infrastructure

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1272 and the abundance of water of the Idarbach flowing through the valley was the basis for the development into the “village of gem cutters”. Even today, the commercial life of Kirschweiler is characterized by gemstone cutting and goldsmithing businesses. Landmarks are the gemstone fountain in the middle of the village and the crystal fountain at the Hans-Becker-Halle.

On the outskirts of Kirschweiler there is a retirement home run by the Elisabeth Foundation with 63 care places and 6 places for assisted living.

Personalities

  • Rudolf Opitz (1890–1940), teacher, paleontologist and writer, was a teacher in Kirschweiler

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2020. S. 29 (PDF; 1 MB).
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
  5. ↑ Mayor Karl-Otto Dreher. Kirschweiler parish, accessed on August 22, 2020 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, 24th line of results. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .
  7. ↑ First session after the break. Honor and farewell to former council members. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, August 17, 2020, accessed on August 22, 2020 .