Ruppertsweiler

Ruppertsweiler is a municipality in the southwest, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Pirmasens country.

Geography

Ruppertsweiler located in the southwest of the Palatinate Forest. 66.1 % of the district area is forested. Nearest large city is located west of Pirmasens.

History

The place belonged to the rule Lviv, which in 1570 was up to the extinction of the line belonged to the counts of Zweibrücken- Bitsch, then came to the Counts of Hanau -Lichtenberg and 1736 to the Landgrave of Hesse -Darmstadt.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Ruppertsweiler consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " split of green and gold, to the right a silver horn with red-gold tassel, left three red chevrons ".

The rafters come from originally the coat of arms of Hanau- Lichtenberg.

The flag is white-green.

Economy and infrastructure

Ruppertsweiler is accessed via minor roads. Northeast of the B 10 passes. About them there is also access to the A 62 in the West.