Gollenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Location of Gollenberg within Birkenfeld district
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| Coordinates: 49°40′23″N 7°09′33″E / 49.67299°N 7.15929°ECoordinates: 49°40′23″N 7°09′33″E / 49.67299°N 7.15929°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Birkenfeld | |
| Municipal assoc. | Birkenfeld | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ralf Simon | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.25 km2 (1.25 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 512 m (1,680 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 123 | |
| • Density | 38/km2 (98/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55767 | |
| Dialling codes | 06782 | |
| Vehicle registration | BIR | |
| Website | www.gollenberg.de | |
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Gollenberg 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 Birkenfeld, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality lies on the edge of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (forest) in the Hunsrück.
Gollenberg borders in the south on Birkenfeld, and Ellenberg, in the west on Rinzenberg and in the north on Oberhambach.
In 1415, Gollenberg had its first documentary mention under the name Gulderberg. By 1440 this had become Golderberg, by 1540 Guldenberg. By 1580, this had become the form still used today, Gollenberg. The village belonged to the "Hinder" County of Sponheim.
Gollenberg's history is tightly bound with Birkenfeld's. That town's church books and official records contain many references to Gollenberg. The years 1642, 1650 and 1686 brought the villagers disaster. The hardship during the 17th century can perhaps be best seen in the sharp drop in the number of households in Gollenberg. In 1615 there were 19 of these, but by 1655, this had fallen to 5. It is likely that it was at this time that the village of Höhweiler, which once lay within what are now Gollenberg's limits, vanished.
Gollenberg is among the villages whose municipal areas were carved out of what was once Birkenfeld's municipal area. It is known that there were boundary disputes in 1766 with Rinzenberg, Schwollen and Hambach, and in 1770 with Birkenfeld and Schmißberg as well, suggesting that municipal separation from Birkenfeld was complete by this time.
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