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Kronweiler
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Location of Kronweiler within Birkenfeld district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Birkenfeld |
| Mayor | Paul Dieter Ritter |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 3.51 km2 (1.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Population | 342 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 97 /km2 (252 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BIR |
| Postal code | 55767 |
| Area code | 06787 |
Kronweiler 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.
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The municipality lies on the upper reaches of the river Nahe in the southwestern Hunsrück. Within the municipality, the Schwollbach, which flows down from the Idar Forest empties into the Nahe.
Also belonging to Kronweiler are the outlying centre of Hangelbösch and the homestead of Alte Schleife[2].
In 1360, Kronweiler had its first documentary mention. It was part of the “Hinder” County of Sponheim.
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman[3].
The German blazon reads: Unter rot-silbern geschachtem Schildhaupt in Blau ein silberner Wellenschrägbalken, darüber eine goldene Krone.
The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Under a chief countercompony gules and argent azure a bend wavy to dexter of the second above which a crown Or.
The arms have been borne since 1964[4].
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
Running by to the northwest is Bundesstraße 41, and to the south, the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Kronweiler also has a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).