Weiden (Birkenfeld district)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 18'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	380 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.6 km 2
Residents:	87 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	33 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55758
Area code :	06785
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 091
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.vg-hr.de
Local Mayor :	Manfred Dalheimer
Location of the local community Weiden in the Birkenfeld district

Weiden is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld , Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .

geography

Weiden is on the edge of the Saar-Hunsrück Nature Park between Mörschied and Hottenbach on the German Gemstone Road . Half of the district area is forested. Weiden also includes the Weidener Mühle.

The community has the lowest population of all local communities in the Herrstein association. In the district of Birkenfeld only Schwerbach and Weitersbach have fewer inhabitants.

history

Until the end of the 18th century, Weiden belonged to the Wartenstein lordship , which was last owned by the Barons of Warsberg as an Electorate of Trier fief .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 121 1835 171 1871 148 1905 156 1939 150 1950 159 1961 156

year Residents 1970 131 1987 122 1997 88 2005 85 2011 103 2017 82 2019 87

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Weiden 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.

mayor

Manfred Dalheimer became mayor of Weiden in 1984. Since there were no applicants in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the election of the mayor was incumbent on the council in accordance with the municipal regulations. He confirmed Dalheimer in his office on June 24, 2019, with which he entered his eighth term.

Attractions

Schinderhannes was arrested on July 10, 1798 in the Weidener Mühle . The (new) grain mill in Wiesental dates back to 1832.

Economy and Infrastructure

Bundesstraße 41 runs in the southeast . In Idar-Oberstein / Weierbach, the Fischbach-Weierbach train station is on the Bingen – Saarbrücken railway line .

Personalities

• Armin Peter Faust (born May 10, 1943 Weiden), author and teacher

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Weiden
• List of natural monuments in pastures

Web links

Commons : Willows  - collection of images

• Willows on the pages of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community
• Literature about willows 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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2020. S. 30 (PDF; 1 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved June 27, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
5. ↑ Quartet was honored with a stone plaque. Manfred Dalheimer. District of Birkenfeld, November 7, 2019, accessed on August 27, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, 47th line of results. Retrieved August 27, 2020 .