Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 11.13 km² Population 655 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06783 | Elevation 428 m (1,404 ft) Postal codes 55776 Local time Monday 7:41 AM Postal code 55776 | |
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Weather 1°C, Wind NE at 10 km/h, 86% Humidity | ||
Reichenbach 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 Reichenbach Germany
- Location
- Neighbouring municipalities
- Constituent communities
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Buildings
- Transport
- References
Map of Reichenbach, Germany
Location
The municipality lies on the like-named brook, the Reichenbach, west of the 563 m-high Feldberg. The municipal area is 37.5% wooded.
Neighbouring municipalities
Reichenbach borders in the north on the municipality of Frauenberg, in the east on the Baumholder military drilling ground, in the south on the municipality of Ruschberg and in the west on the municipalities of Nohen and Kronweiler.
Constituent communities
Also belonging to Reichenbach are the outlying homesteads of Gerichtmannsmühle, Reichenbacherhöfe and Sonnenhof.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
Reichenbach’s mayor is Joachim Ritter.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per bend azure a bend sinister wavy between two millrinds palewise in bend, issuant from base a mount of three all argent, and chequy gules and argent.
The “chequy” field is a reference to the village’s former allegiance to the County of Sponheim.
Buildings
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
Transport
Running south of the village is the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Nohen is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).