Reichweiler

This article explains the Reichweiler community in Rhineland-Palatinate. Reichweiler is also the German name of the French community Richwiller near Mulhouse.

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 17'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Association municipality :	Kusel-Altenglan
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.87 km 2
Residents:	527 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	136 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	66871
Area code :	06384
License plate :	KUS
Community key :	07 3 36 084
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 1 66869 Kusel
Website :	vg-kusel-altenglan.de
Local Mayor :	Karsten Becker
Location of the local community Reichweiler in the district of Kusel

Reichweiler is a municipality in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kusel-Altenglan .

geography

Reichweiler lies at the foot of the Prussian mountains in Westrich on the border with Saarland . Neighboring communities are Eckersweiler , Herchweiler and Pfeffelbach and the town of Schwarzerden in the neighboring Saarland.

history

In 1816 Reichweiler came to the Principality of Lichtenberg , a newly created exclave of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and, from 1826, the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . With this it fell to Prussia in 1834 , which created the St. Wendel district from this area . After the separation of the main part to the newly created Saar area , the remaining district of Sankt Wendel-Baumholder was created in 1920 , to which the place belonged until 1937, when it was incorporated into the Birkenfeld district. In 1969 it was reclassified to the Kusel district.

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Karsten Becker became mayor of Reichweiler on June 13, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with 81.73% of the vote.

Becker's predecessor Bernd Hoffmann had held the office for 25 years.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "Divided by silver and red, above a growing, red-armored and tongued, blue lion, below a round, gold disc with a black dagger over a pair of black bull horns."

Culture and sights

The Mithras monument can be seen on the border with Black Earth .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Reichweiler
• List of natural monuments in Reichweiler

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

In the south is the federal motorway 62 . There is a connection point to this in town.

telecommunications

On the Kleiner Keufelskopf ( 49 ° 33 ′ 10.5 ″  N , 7 ° 17 ′ 59.6 ″  E ) there is a 137 meter high telecommunications tower owned by Deutsche Telekom AG, which, like the nearby Bornberg telecommunications tower, is an FMT 16 type tower is. The telecommunications tower is operated by the Telekom subsidiary Deutsche Funkturm .

Reichweiler telecommunications tower

literature

• Literature about Reichweiler in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Reichweiler  - Collection of Images

• Local community Reichweiler on the website of the association community Kusel-Altenglan
• History of Reichweiler on regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ↑ An oak tree for work. Die Rheinpfalz, June 18, 2014, accessed on May 16, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Kusel-Altenglan, Verbandsgemeinde, 30th line of results. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Lena Scherer: The highest mountain in the Kusel district. Die Rheinpfalz, March 5, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2020 .