Mettweiler

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.

Mettweiler
Coat of arms
Location of Mettweiler within Birkenfeld district
Mettweiler
Mettweiler
Coordinates: 49°34′48″N 7°18′55″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBirkenfeld
Municipal assoc.Baumholder
Government
 • MayorKurt Weingarth
Area
 • Total5.50 km2 (2.12 sq mi)
Elevation
445 m (1,460 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total246
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
55777
Dialling codes06783
Vehicle registrationBIR

Geography

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.

Politics

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.[2]

Mayor

Mettweiler's mayor is Kurt Weingarth.[3]

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.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

Each year, a kermis and a Brunnenfest (“Fountain Festival”) are held.

Economy and infrastructure

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).

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
  2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. Mettweiler’s mayor Archived 2011-11-25 at the Wayback Machine


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