Langweiler, Birkenfeld
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Location of Langweiler within Birkenfeld district
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| Coordinates: 49°47′01″N 07°11′17″E / 49.78361°N 7.18806°ECoordinates: 49°47′01″N 07°11′17″E / 49.78361°N 7.18806°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Birkenfeld | |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alfred Reicherts | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.20 km2 (2.01 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 505 m (1,657 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 255 | |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55758 | |
| Dialling codes | 06786 | |
| Vehicle registration | BIR | |
| Website | www.langweiler.eu | |
Langweiler 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.
For its particularly attractive location with a view of the Wildenburg (a nearby castle) and the Steinbachsee (a lake), the inhabitants sometimes call their municipality the Perle des Hochwalds (“Pearl of the High Forest”).
The municipality lies in the Hunsrück. The municipal area is 91.7% wooded. Langweiler’s elevation is some 530 m above sea level.
Also belonging to Langweiler is the outlying homestead of Forsthaus Langweiler.
The area that is now Langweiler must already have been settled in Roman times. When the children’s home was being built in 1921, workers happened upon two cists, one of which had a wall around it. Among other grave goods was a coin from Emperor Antoninus Pius’s time (ruled AD 138-161). Furthermore, near the village stand three ruins from Roman times or somewhat later. These are called die Schanze am Schneidberg (“the redoubt on the Schneidberg”), das alte Schloß (“the old palatial castle”) and das Franzosenlager (“the Frenchman’s camp” or “lair”).
In 1037, Langweiler had its first documentary mention as Habschied. In 1237, the name lange willere cropped up for the first time in official deeds, and the form langewillre appeared in 1279. In feudal times the village belonged to the Amt of Allenbach in the “Hinder” County of Sponheim. The village arose in the Habschied wooded district, which is why names for the village such as Habscheid, Habescheid or Habschied sometimes also crop up in old documents. The name was still in use as late as 1730.
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