Eckersweiler

Eckersweiler is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the community of Baumholder. Eckersweiler is the southernmost municipality of the district.

Geography

Eckersweiler lies in the western direction on the border of Saarland. In the north, Berschweiler located in Baumholder, in the east valley Lichtenberg, on the south and west is Reichweiler Freisen.

History

The place belonged to the late 18th century to a native of the county Veldenz part of the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken and the Schultheißerei Berschweiler in Oberamt Lichtenberg was assigned. In 1790, 33 families lived in the village. The district of Eckersweiler comprised 367 acres.

In 1794, the left bank of the Rhine was occupied by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Eckersweiler belonged to the canton of Baumholder in the Saarland Department. Because of the Congress of Vienna (1815 ) agreements, the region came in 1816 for Saxony- Coburg Principality of Lichtenberg, which it remained until 1834. The community Eckersweiler first belonged to the mayor's Berschweiler, from 1823 to the mayoralty Burg Lichtenberg (see also List of municipalities in the Principality of Lichtenberg). After being sold to Prussia and the resolution of the Principality of Lichtenberg Eckersweiler came to the newly erected county of St. Wendel in the Rhine Province. Since 1937 Eckersweiler belongs to the district of Birkenfeld, and since 1946 has been part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Eckersweiler consists of six 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 a split plate above a growing rotbewehrter and gezungter blue lion in silver, below in blue with a silver tower with spire ."

The blue lion refers to the former belonging to the County of Veldenz. The tower is the landmark spire in place Represents the coat of arms was approved in 1964 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Interior.

Culture and sights

The village center Ecker hamlet was ranked 21 of the district of Birkenfeld as worth seeing in the Local Agenda.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Eckersweiler

Economy and infrastructure

Eckersweiler has a village hall. In the south of the motorway runs 62

Pictures

Landscape at Eckersweiler