Elevation 390 m (1,280 ft) Area 231 ha Population 140 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06545 | Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Friday 6:34 PM Postal code 56865 | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 49% Humidity | ||
Hesweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell, whose seat is in the municipality of Zell an der Mosel.
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Map of Hesweiler, Germany
Location
The municipality lies in the northern Hunsrück near Bundesstraße 421 and Blankenrath.
History
In 1259, Hesweiler had its first documentary mention. The Counts of Sponheim held the court jurisdiction in the Hasericher Pflege (roughly “Haserich fostering”) until 1788. Beginning in 1794, Hesweiler lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. In 1848, the local chapel, consecrated to Saint Joseph, was built by the master builder Binzen from Zell. Since 1946, Hesweiler has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Under the Verwaltungsvereinfachungsgesetz (“Administration Simplification Law”) of 18 July 1970, with effect from 7 November 1970, the municipality was grouped into the Verbandsgemeinde of Zell.
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.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: A fess sable charged with a saw argent, the whole between, in chief, argent a cross gules and, in base, chequy of twenty-four argent and gules.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
Transport
Hesweiler lies within the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel. Bus route 722 daily offers links to the nearest town, Zell (Mosel), and the nearest railway station, Bullay (DB) on the Moselstrecke (railway line) between Koblenz and Trier.