Belg

Belg
Coat of arms
Belg
Location of Belg within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 7°18′34″E / 49.98472°N 7.30944°E / 49.98472; 7.30944Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 7°18′34″E / 49.98472°N 7.30944°E / 49.98472; 7.30944
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Karl-Heinz Schneider
Area
• Total	4.79 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	133
• Density	28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56858
Dialling codes	06543
Vehicle registration	SIM

Belg 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 Kirchberg, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies in the central Hunsrück, right on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße (“Hunsrück Heights Road”, a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders; the stretch running through Belg is nowadays designated Bundesstraße 327).

In 1295, Belg had its first documentary mention in connection with the Counts of Sponheim. This noble house enfeoffed two others with estates. As early as the 11th century, slate was being mined in the Belger Bachtal (valley), and 15 mines were still being worked into the 20th century.

Beginning in 1794, Belg lay 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.

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Belg’s mayor is Karl-Heinz Schneider, and his deputy is Klaus Bast.

The German blazon reads: Schräglinks geteilt, vorn in Grün zwei schräggekreuzte silberne Hämmer, belegt mit einer silbernen Ähre, hinten geschacht von Gold und Blau.