Merzweiler
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Location of Merzweiler within Kusel district
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| Coordinates: 49°39′59″N 7°32′23″E / 49.66639°N 7.53972°ECoordinates: 49°39′59″N 7°32′23″E / 49.66639°N 7.53972°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Kusel | |
| Municipal assoc. | Lauterecken-Wolfstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Gerhard Hahn | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.27 km2 (0.88 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 173 | |
| • Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67746 | |
| Dialling codes | 06788 | |
| Vehicle registration | KUS | |
| Website | www.merzweiler.de | |
Merzweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
Merzweiler lies in the Jeckenbach valley in the Western Palatinate between the Palatinate Forest and the Hunsrück at elevations ranging from 250 to 260 m above sea level. The elevations around the village reach heights of more than 300 m above sea level (Brecherberg 362 m, Rüllberg 350 m). The municipal area measures 226 ha, of which roughly 2 ha is settled and 27 ha is wooded.
Merzweiler borders in the north on the municipality of Hoppstädten, in the east on the municipality of Kappeln, in the southeast on the municipality of Grumbach, in the southwest on the municipality of Herren-Sulzbach and in the west on the municipality of Langweiler. Merzweiler also meets the municipality of Homberg at a single point in the southwest.
Merzweiler lies at a crossroads of one road running east-west from Kappeln to Langweiler, and another running north-south from Hoppstädten to Grumbach. The village community centre stands in the middle of the village where the road to Hoppstädten branches off. In the past, the village won prizes on various occasions in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our village should become lovelier”). Among the old farmhouses, the Einfirsthaus (“house with a single roof ridge”) is predominant. The small graveyard lies in the village’s south end on the road leading to Grumbach.
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