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Benzweiler

Benzweiler
Benzweiler   is located in Germany
Benzweiler
Benzweiler
Coordinates: 50°1′16.3″N 7°36′17.95″E / 50.021194°N 7.6049861°E / 50.021194; 7.6049861Coordinates: 50°1′16.3″N 7°36′17.95″E / 50.021194°N 7.6049861°E / 50.021194; 7.6049861
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Rheinböllen
Government
 • Mayor Rolf Augustin
Area
 • Total 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Elevation 389 m (1,276 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 199
 • Density 62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55494
Dialling codes 06766
Vehicle registration SIM
Website www.benzweiler.de

Benzweiler 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 Rheinböllen, whose seat is in the like-named town. Benzweiler is a tourism municipality (Fremdenverkehrsgemeinde).

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück.

Six barrows northeast of the village make it plain that Celts settled here in antiquity. Beginning in 1794, Benzweiler 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.

These are population figures for Benzweiler (for 31 December each time):

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.

Benzweiler’s mayor is Rolf Augustin.

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:



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