Birkweiler

Birkweiler is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Landau - country, which has its headquarters in the city of Landau in der Pfalz.

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Geographical location

The community is a typical wine village on the German Wine Route in Siebeldinger valley at the foot of the high mountain ( 556 m observation tower ).

The municipality consists of the living spaces on Kolgenbach, the forest, and Herrenbergerhof Mandelbergerhof.

History

The place was first mentioned in documents in 1285.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Birkweiler consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In a gold double-headed black eagle rotbewehrter and bezungter, each a green birch branch in the clutches holding ".

Structures

About two dozen objects within the municipality are under monument protection. The best known is the Albers Weiler channel that spans multiple places.

Economy and infrastructure

Birkweiler lives predominantly from viticulture.

Traffic

The Queichtalbahn ( Landau in der Pfalz - Pirmasens ) includes Birkweiler on to the rail network. Direct transport links to the B 10