Wirschweiler
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Location of Wirschweiler within Birkenfeld district
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| Coordinates: 49°45′51″N 07°10′23″E / 49.76417°N 7.17306°ECoordinates: 49°45′51″N 07°10′23″E / 49.76417°N 7.17306°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Birkenfeld | |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Erich Paulus | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 10.26 km2 (3.96 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 550 m (1,800 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 324 | |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55758 | |
| Dialling codes | 06786 | |
| Vehicle registration | BIR | |
| Website | www.wirschweiler.de | |
Wirschweiler 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 Herrstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
The municipality lies in the Naturpark Saar-Hunsrück between Allenbach and Sensweiler. The municipal area is 69% wooded.
Wirschweiler borders in the northeast on the municipality of Langweiler, in the east on the municipality of Sensweiler, in the south on the municipality of Allenbach and in the west on the municipality of Morbach (Bernkastel-Wittlich district).
The question of Wirschweiler’s first documentary mention is the subject of much doubt. A document from 975 mentions Werriswillero marca in pago Nahgowe (Nahegau), but its authenticity is very much in question. However, an 1148 document mentions Wernzvilre, and this is believed to be genuine. Over the ages, the name has had several spellings: Wirßwilre, Wirriswillare, Wörschweiler. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the “Hinder” County of Sponheim, Amt of Allenbach. In the wake of the French Revolution, Wirschweiler was part of the Department of Sarre, and more locally, of the arrondissement of Trier. From 1798 to 1815, Wirschweiler was the seat of a mairie (“mayoralty”). After Napoleon’s downfall and the Congress of Vienna, Wirschweiler passed to the Kingdom of Prussia. In the course of administrative restructuring in Rhineland-Palatinate, Wirschweiler was grouped in 1969 into the Birkenfeld district and the Verbandsgemeinde of Herrstein.
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