Laufersweiler

Laufersweiler
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Laufersweiler
Location of Laufersweiler within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°53′48″N 7°18′18″E / 49.89667°N 7.30500°E / 49.89667; 7.30500Coordinates: 49°53′48″N 7°18′18″E / 49.89667°N 7.30500°E / 49.89667; 7.30500
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Günter Heck
Area
• Total	6.79 km2 (2.62 sq mi)
Elevation	425 m (1,394 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	839
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55487
Dialling codes	06543
Vehicle registration	SIM

Laufersweiler 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 Hunsrück roughly 8 km southwest of Kirchberg and 16 km southwest of Simmern.

Going by archaeological finds from prehistory and protohistory, the Laufersweiler area might have been settled as early as the Bronze Age and Hallstatt times. Along what is now the municipal limit between Laufersweiler and Niederweiler ran the Via Ausonia (or Ausoniusstraße in German) in Roman times. This led from Trier to Bingen am Rhein. Archaeological finds bear witness to a settlement in Roman times.

In 1283, Laufersweiler had its first documentary mention as Leuferswilre, and was owned by the Waldgraves. In the 14th century, the ownership arrangements changed in such a way that part of the village became an Electoral-Trier fief and another became subject to the Barons of Schmidtburg. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages, Laufersweiler belonged to the High Court of Rhaunen. In 1563, Laufersweiler had 34 or 35 households that were subject to various lords.