Leitzweiler

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

• 4.1 highway
• 4.2 railway
• 4.3 airport

Geography

Leitzweiler located in the Saar -Nahe - Bergland on the edge of the Saar -Hunsrück. To Leitzweiler includes the living space Lindenhof.

History

Gorgeous country was the village until the first third of the 18th century the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken and stood as part of the Schultheißerei Berschweiler the management of the Upper Office Lichtenberg. The lower courts stood from 1690 to the Lords of Will Stone, Leitzweiler made ​​now with Heimbach, Weiersbach and Bleiderdingen the dairy Werdenstein. 1730 was this, and thus Leitzweiler, to the Duchy of Lorraine (Official Schaumburg ).

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Leitzweiler 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 is: " In a divided shield up in a blue silver, langued and reinforced growing lion, down in a golden blue, upright rye sheaf ".

The blue lion refers to the former belonging to the County of Veldenz. The rye sheaf symbolizes the earlier rural character of the village.

Traffic

Highway

Leitzweiler is via the federal highway 62, exit or exit Freisen Birkenfeld accessible.

Train

The nearest train station is Heimbach (Nahe), where, however, almost exclusively hold regional railways. Regular train connection from there Hoppstädten- Weiersbach in the district Neubrücke.

Airport

The Frankfurt-Hahn Airport can be reached in about one hour by car. The nearest airport is Saarbrücken Airport.