Rayerschied
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 Rayerschied
Location of Rayerschied within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°1′7″N 7°35′11″E / 50.01861°N 7.58639°ECoordinates: 50°1′7″N 7°35′11″E / 50.01861°N 7.58639°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Simmern | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans-Werner Aßmann-Huppert | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 392 m (1,286 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 102 | |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55469 | |
| Dialling codes | 06766 | |
| Vehicle registration | SIM | |
| Website | www |
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Rayerschied 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 Simmern, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The residential municipality lies in the Hunsrück between Pleizenhausen and Bergenhausen 7 km from Simmern.
In 1204, Rayerschied had its first documentary mention in a donation document from the Kumbd Convent. From 1420, the village belonged to the Amt of Simmern, and later also to Palatinate-Simmern. In 1498, the village was mentioned as Reinßrath. In 1673, Rayerschied passed to Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1794, Rayerschied lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Rayerschied’s mayor is Hans Werner Aßmann-Huppert.
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Under a chief lozengy argent and azure, per pale gules a stork statant of the first and argent a cross sable.
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