Schlierschied

Schlierschied
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Schlierschied
Location of Schlierschied within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Coordinates: 49°52′34″N 7°26′34″E / 49.87611°N 7.44278°E / 49.87611; 7.44278Coordinates: 49°52′34″N 7°26′34″E / 49.87611°N 7.44278°E / 49.87611; 7.44278
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Kirchberg
Government
• Mayor	Arnold Götz
Area
• Total	8.60 km2 (3.32 sq mi)
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	184
• Density	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55483
Dialling codes	06765
Vehicle registration	SIM

Schlierschied 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 southsoutheast of Kirchberg and 12 km southwest of Simmern.

Standing as integral parts of the municipality are the Brummenmühle and the Anzenfeldermühle (old mills, now homesteads) in the Simmerbach valley.

There are many barrows to be found southwest of the village in the municipal forest and the Lützelsoon state forest. prehistoric and protohistoric finds offer clues to early settlement. In 1335, Schlierschied had its first documentary mention in a document from the Ravengiersburg Monastery, which also mentions the village’s first chaplain, Johann von Schlierschied. The Counts of Sponheim held the village, while enfeoffing other nobles with various holdings. In the 18th century, the village passed to the Margraviate of Baden. Beginning in 1794, Schlierschied lay under French rule. In 1815 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.