Ohlweiler

Ohlweiler in the Hunsrück is a municipality in the Rhein- Hunsrück district, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality simmering / Hunsrück.

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Geography

The rural residential community located in the valley of the Ohlweiler Simmer Bach at the mouth of Wood creek centrally located in the Hunsrück. To Ohlweiler and the living space is one brick.

History

The documentary first mention is found in the year 1310., The town belonged to the Duchy of Pfalz- simmering, which in 1556 introduced the Reformation. Later, the Elector was ruler of the Rhine. With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops, the place was French and was from 1798 to 1814 for Canton simmering in the Rhine -Moselle department. Ohlweiler was the capital of a Mairie. 1815, the region and thus assigned the community Ohlweiler the Congress of Vienna the Kingdom of Prussia. Under the Prussian administration was Ohlweiler eponymous built for the mayoralty in 1816 Ohlweiler circle simmering, were among the 14 municipalities. After the First World War temporarily again occupied by the French, the place is since 1946 part of Rhineland- Palatinate.

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

Parish council

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

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Evangelical Church
  • Historical Backhaus ( Backes )

See also: List of cultural monuments in Ohlweiler

Economy and infrastructure

Transport and Tourism

The Federal Highway 50 is located on the outskirts, the Schinderhannes footpath runs through the village.

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