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Mittelreidenbach
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Location of Mittelreidenbach within Birkenfeld district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein |
| Mayor | Peter Ballat |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.07 km2 (1.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 282 m (925 ft) |
| Population | 764 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 151 /km2 (390 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BIR |
| Postal code | 55758 |
| Area code | 06784 |
Mittelreidenbach 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.
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The municipality lies in the Reidenbach valley southeast of the river Nahe. To the west lies Idar-Oberstein.
In 1367, Mittelreidenbach had its first documentary mention.
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[2].
Mittelreidenbach’s mayor is Peter Ballat, and his deputies are Reimund Steitz and Renate Hirth[3].
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale vert a hammer and a pick per saltire surmounted by an ear of wheat couped palewise, all argent, and argent a cross gules.
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]
To the east runs Bundesstraße 270. Serving nearby Fischbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).