Country Germany District Birkenfeld Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 5.5 km² Local time Monday 9:36 AM Dialling code 06783 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Elevation 445 m (1,460 ft) Postal codes 55777 Postal code 55777 Population 291 (31 Dec 2008) Municipal assoc. Baumholder | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 21 km/h, 81% Humidity | ||
Mettweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Baumholder, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Contents
- Map of Mettweiler Germany
- Location
- Neighbouring municipalities
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Regular events
- Transport
- References
Map of Mettweiler, Germany
Location
The municipality lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France. The municipal area is 47% wooded.
Neighbouring municipalities
Mettweiler borders in the north on the town of Baumholder, in the southeast on the municipality of Thallichtenberg and in the west on the municipalities of Berschweiler bei Baumholder and Fohren-Linden.
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
Mettweiler’s mayor is Kurt Weingarth.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per fess argent issuant from the line of partition a demilion azure armed and langued gules, and azure two ears of wheat couped per saltire surmounted by a bell Or.
The charge in the upper part of the escutcheon, the lion, is a reference to the village’s former allegiance to the County of Veldenz.
Regular events
Each year, a kermis and a Brunnenfest (“Fountain Festival”) are held.
Transport
To the south runs the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Heimbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).