Schmissberg

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 12 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Birch field
Height :	428 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.68 km 2
Residents:	216 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	129 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55765
Area code :	06782
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 078
Association administration address:	Schneewiesenstrasse 21 55765 Birkenfeld
Website :	www.schmissberg.de
Local Mayor :	Thomas Marx
Location of the Schmißberg community in the Birkenfeld district

Schmißberg is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Birkenfeld community . In 1969 and 1982 the local community Schmißberg won the silver medal in the village beautification competition "Our village should be more beautiful" (today: "Our village has a future") .

geography

Schmißberg is located in the Hunsrück. The next larger town is the district town of Birkenfeld, about three kilometers to the southwest . Elchweiler is in the north and Rimsberg in the south .

history

Schmißberg was first mentioned in a document in 1438. It was part of the rear county of Sponheim . From 1934 to 1962 Schmißberg and the neighboring Elchweiler were united in the municipality of Elchweiler-Schmißberg .

Population development

The development of the population of Schmißberg, the values ​​up to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1939 70 1950 76 1961 85 1970 131

year Residents 1987 229 1997 233 2005 230 2019 216

Municipal council

The local council in Schmißberg 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.

Culture and sights

Hiking trails offer the possibility of a view up to the Erbeskopf ( 816  m above sea  level, the highest mountain in Rhineland-Palatinate).

Economy and Infrastructure

In the west runs the federal highway 41 , which leads to the federal highway 62 in the south . The next train stations are in Nohen and Neubrücke / Nahe. The stops are on the railway line from Saarbrücken, Mainz, Wiesbaden to Frankfurt am Main. The nearest airports are Hahn Airport in about 50 kilometers north in the Hunsrück and Frankfurt am Main Airport in around 180 kilometers to the northeast.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Schmißberg

Web links

Commons : Schmißberg  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Schmißberg
• Local community Schmißberg on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld
• Literature about Schmißberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections