Sonnenberg-Winnenberg
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Location of Sonnenberg-Winnenberg within Birkenfeld district
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| Coordinates: 49°40′23″N 7°16′49″E / 49.67306°N 7.28028°ECoordinates: 49°40′23″N 7°16′49″E / 49.67306°N 7.28028°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Birkenfeld | |
| Municipal assoc. | Birkenfeld | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ottmar Ding | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 456 | |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55767 | |
| Dialling codes | 06787 | |
| Vehicle registration | BIR | |
Sonnenberg-Winnenberg 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 Birkenfeld, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The “double” municipality lies on the river Nahe.
Sonnenberg-Winnenberg borders in the north on the municipality of Oberbrombach, in the northeast on the town of Idar-Oberstein, in the east and south on the municipality of Frauenberg, in the southwest on the municipality of Kronweiler and in the west on the municipality of Niederbrombach.
Sonnenberg-Winnenberg’s Ortsteile are, as its double name suggests, Sonnenberg and Winnenberg. Also belonging to Sonnenberg-Winnenberg are the outlying homesteads of Birkensiedlung, Hohensteiner Hof and Schlesierhof.
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Sonnenberg-Winnenberg’s mayor is Ottmar Ding, and his deputies are Bernd Pontius and Marion Weinz.
The German blazon reads: Unter rot-silbern geschachtem Schildhaupt in Blau eine aufsteigende schwarze Spitze, belegt mit einem goldenem ‚W‘, im Feld eine goldene durch die Spitze begrenzte Sonne.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Azure the sun Or rising from behind a pile transposed sable, itself charged with the letter W of the second, the chief countercompony gules and argent.
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