Rohrbach, Birkenfeld
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Location of Rohrbach within Birkenfeld district
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| Coordinates: 49°35′6″N 7°15′31″E / 49.58500°N 7.25861°ECoordinates: 49°35′6″N 7°15′31″E / 49.58500°N 7.25861°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Birkenfeld | |
| Municipal assoc. | Baumholder | |
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| • Mayor | Bernhard Sauer (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.46 km2 (0.95 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 184 | |
| • Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55776 | |
| Dialling codes | 06789 | |
| Vehicle registration | BIR | |
| Website | www.rohrbach-nahe.de | |
Rohrbach 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 Baumholder, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality lies on the like-named Rohrbach south of the Nahe at the foot of the 548.5 m-high Wüschberg.
Rohrbach borders in the north on the municipality of Berglangenbach, in the east on the municipalities of Fohren-Linden and Berschweiler bei Baumholder, in the south on the municipality of Freisen in the Saarland and in the west on the municipality of Rückweiler.
The villages of Rohrbach, Rückweiler, Hahnweiler and Leitzweiler bear the tag Auf der Heide, although it is unclear why this is so. As in English, the words for “heath”, “heather” and “heathen” are similar to each other in German. Since Heidekraut (“heather”) was formerly written with an A in second position, doubt has arisen about that theory of the name’s origin. It could also refer to Heiden (“heathens”). Nevertheless, the former theory is the likelier of the two, for the German word Heide formerly described a treeless, wild-growing area (as the English word “heath” still does).
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