Wilzenberg-Hussweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 13'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Birch field
Height :	350 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.46 km 2
Residents:	282 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	44 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55767
Area code :	06787
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 094
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Schneewiesenstrasse 21 55765 Birkenfeld
Website :	www.wilzenberg-hussweiler.de
Local Mayor :	Joachim Jung
Location of the local community Wilzenberg-Hußweiler in the Birkenfeld district

Wilzenberg-Hußweiler is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Birkenfeld community .

geography

The community, consisting of the two districts Wilzenberg and Hußweiler, is located on the Schwollbach on the edge of the Black Forest high forest . 52.6 percent of the district area is forested.

history

Hussweiler was first mentioned in 1344, Wilzenberg in 1438. Both places belonged to the Hinteren Grafschaft Sponheim . After the Congress of Vienna , the two places were assigned to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg as part of the Principality of Birkenfeld . With the Oldenburg administrative reform, Wilzenberg and Hussweiler were united into one municipality on September 22, 1933.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 186 1835 252 1871 266 1905 261 1939 268 1950 276

year Residents 1961 296 1970 325 1987 306 1997 328 2005 320 2019 282

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under a red and silver shield head made of silver and green split shield, inside a rooted oak in interchanged colors."

Justification of the coat of arms: The head of the shield recalls the former affiliation to the Hinteren Grafschaft Spornheim , Oberamt Birkenfeld. The split in the shield points to the two districts, while the oak represents the “thick oak on the threshing floor” in the Wilzenberg district. The coat of arms was approved on June 15, 1965 by decree of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior .

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 41 runs in the southeast, which leads to the federal highway 62 in the south . In Kronweiler there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Wilzenberg-Hußweiler
• List of natural monuments in Wilzenberg-Hußweiler

Web links

• Local community Wilzenberg-Hußweiler on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld
• Location portrait in the show here in Germany
• Literature about Wilzenberg-Hußweiler 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