Buhlenberg

Buhlenberg is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Birkenfeld.

Geography

The place is located three kilometers north-west of the county town of Birkenfeld in the Black Forest High forest on the edge of the Saar -Hunsrück near the heritage head, the highest mountain in Rhineland- Palatinate.

To Buhlenberg includes the residential places Berghof, Etzweilerhof, Grenzhof and Waldhof.

History

Buhlenberg formerly belonged to the Rear County of Sponheim.

The development of the population of Buhlenberg, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Buhlenberg consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In left diagonally split front plate geschacht red - silver, back in silver over blue Dreienberg a blue wolf's head. "

The front shield part refers to the former belonging to rear County of Sponheim, Oberamt Birkenfeld; the rear plate portion indicated by the three mountain both talking on the place name, as well as the altitude of the area and the ridge of the mountains called Gebücks; the wolf's head is reminiscent of the " Wolfskaul " in the district, an area in which a catch pit was created for wolves.

The coat of arms was approved on August 26, 1963 by a decree of the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Interior.

Economy and infrastructure

In the east, the highway runs 269 and to the south the Federal Highway 62 is a station on the railway line Bingen -Saarbrücken In Neubrücke.

Others

From 29 July to 8 August 2009, the Federal scout camp of the Federation of Scouts was held in Buhlenberg.