Benzweiler

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Benzweiler
Benzweiler
Coordinates: 50°1′16.3″N 7°36′17.95″E / 50.021194°N 7.6049861°E / 50.021194; 7.6049861Coordinates: 50°1′16.3″N 7°36′17.95″E / 50.021194°N 7.6049861°E / 50.021194; 7.6049861
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc. Rheinböllen
Government
 • Mayor Rolf Augustin
Area
 • Total 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Elevation 389 m (1,276 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 208
 • Density 65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55494
Dialling codes 06766
Vehicle registration SIM
Website www.benzweiler.de

Benzweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rheinböllen, whose seat is in the like-named town. Benzweiler is a tourism municipality (Fremdenverkehrsgemeinde).

Benzweiler seen from the southeast


Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Hunsrück.

History

Six barrows northeast of the village make it plain that Celts settled here in antiquity. Beginning in 1794, Benzweiler lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Population development

These are population figures for Benzweiler (for 31 December each time):

  • 1815 – 126
  • 1835 – 178
  • 1871 – 193
  • 1905 – 194
  • 1939 – 169
  • 1950 – 178
  • 1961 – 156
  • 1965 – 159
  • 1970 – 168
  • 1975 – 162
  • 1980 – 169
  • 1985 – 164
  • 1987 – 176
  • 1990 – 187
  • 1995 – 201
  • 2000 – 213
  • 2005 – 209
  • 2009 – 213

[2]

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Mayor

Benzweiler’s mayor is Rolf Augustin.[3]

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

  • Hauptstraße 4 – building with half-hipped roof, partly timber framing sided, about 1820

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 
  2. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
  3. ↑ Benzweiler’s mayor

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis


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