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Location of Sienhachenbach within Birkenfeld district
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein |
| Mayor | Arnold Steitz |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 7.60 km2 (2.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 330 m (1083 ft) |
| Population | 210 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 28 /km2 (72 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | BIR |
| Postal code | 55758 |
| Area code | 06788 |
| Website | www.vg-herrstein.de |
Sienhachenbach 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 residential community of Sienhachenbach lies between Idar-Oberstein and Lauterecken northeast of the Baumholder troop drilling ground.
Sienhachenbach borders in the north on the municipality of Schmidthachenbach, in the east on the municipality of Sien, in the south on the Baumholder troop drilling ground and in the west on the municipality of Oberreidenbach. Sienhachenbach also meets the municipality of Otzweiler at a single point in the northeast.
Also belonging to Sienhachenbach is the outlying homestead of Forsthaus Antestal[2].
In 1508, Sienhachenbach had its first documentary mention.
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman[3].
Sienhachenbach’s mayor is Arnold Steitz, and his deputies are Dietmar Fritz and Sibylla Müller[4].
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per bend vert in sinister a bend sinister wavy and in base a village fountain, both argent, and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
In 1968, the community centre was dedicated. It is the hub of the community’s cultural life and is used by the local clubs. The Evangelical church holds services here on certain church holidays, for there is no church in the village. Often, the building, which is equipped with a small room and a large room, is used for family celebrations, public events and course offerings from the folk high school.
Sien lies on Bundesstraße 270. Serving nearby Lauterecken is a railway station on the Lautertalbahn (Kaiserslautern–Lauterecken).