Kirschweiler
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Location of Kirschweiler within Birkenfeld district
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| Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 07°14′32″E / 49.75611°N 7.24222°ECoordinates: 49°45′22″N 07°14′32″E / 49.75611°N 7.24222°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Birkenfeld | |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Werner Moser | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4.88 km2 (1.88 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 445 m (1,460 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,096 | |
| • Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55743 | |
| Dialling codes | 06781 | |
| Vehicle registration | BIR | |
| Website | www.kirschweiler.de | |
Kirschweiler 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 Herrstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
The municipality lies a few kilometres northwest of Idar-Oberstein in the Hunsrück. The municipal area is 56% wooded.
Kirschweiler’s neighbours besides Idar-Oberstein are Hettenrodt and Kempfeld with its outlying centre of Katzenloch.
Also belonging to Kirschweiler are the outlying homesteads of Auf der Lüh und Kirschweiler Mühle.
In 1272, Kirschweiler had its first documentary mention.
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Kirschweiler’s mayor is Hans-Werner Moser, and his deputies are Birgit Weinz, Hartmut Röper and Hartmut Theis.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per bend azure a diamond with one row of brilliants and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued of the first.
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
Kirschweiler offers, among other things, a few gem-cutting shops that can be visited, a vast golf course (Golf Club Edelstein Hunsrück e.V.) and two gemstone fountains in the village centre.
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