Country Germany District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Postal codes 55469 Area 3.39 km² Population 208 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06761 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Dialling codes 06761 Local time Thursday 8:24 AM Postal code 55469 Municipal assoc. Simmern | |
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Belgweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Simmern, whose seat is in the town of the same name.
Contents
- Map of 55469 Belgweiler Germany
- Location
- Constituent communities
- Land use
- History
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Buildings
- References
Map of 55469 Belgweiler, Germany
Location
The municipality lies in the Simmerbach valley in the central Hunsrück.
Constituent communities
Belgweiler has a small outlying hamlet named Wimmersbacherhof.
Land use
This breaks down in Belgweiler as follows:
History
In 1285, Belgweiler had its first documentary mention. Beginning in 1794, Belgweiler was under French rule. In 1815, it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Belgweiler’s mayor is Gerhard Mohr.
Coat of arms
The German blazon reads: In schräg links gestelltem Schild vorne in Schwarz ein rotbewehrter und gezungter wachsender goldener Löwe, hinten in Gold ein von Silber und Rot in zwei Reihen geschachtelter Balken, unten wachsend ein schwarzer Krummstab.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per bend sinister sable a demilion Or armed and langued gules and Or a fess countercompony argent and gules, issuant from base the head of an abbot’s staff turned to sinister of the first.
The charge on the dexter (armsbearer’s right, viewer’s left) side, the Palatine lion, refers to the former landholders, the Dukes of Palatinate-Simmern and the Elector of the Palatinate. The countercompony (that is, with a two-row chequered pattern) fess refers to the Counts of the “Hinder” County of Sponheim, who owned the outlying Ortsteil of Wimmersbacherhof. The abbot’s staff refers to another landholder, who held two estates in the village, the Ravengiersburg Monastery.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: