Schmittweiler

Schmittweiler is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Meis home.

Geography

The road is located in the village Eschelbachtal, a narrow lateral valley, whose input and output is in Callbach. The landscape around Schmittweiler located in the southern part of the district of Bad Kreuznach, the district is bounded on the southeast by the Thunder Mountain district and is part of the North Palatine Uplands.

History

After the Congress of Vienna Schmittweiler belonged to the Rhine district in Bavaria, where it remained until the end of World War II. To distinguish Schmittweiler ( Schoenberg Kübelberg ) it received the official word " district court Lauterecken ". In the Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform in 1969 Schmittweiler was reclassified from Kusel district in the district of Bad Kreuznach. In ecclesiastical terms Schmittweiler still belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and the Bishopric of Speyer.

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

Policy

The local council in Schmittweiler 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.

Culture and sights

Each year on October 3, the day of German Unity, the Schmittweiler Autumn Festival Farmer's Market takes place.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Schmittweiler

Economy and infrastructure

Two kilometers north of Schmittweiler the highway runs 420

The nearest railway stations are Alsenz ( 14 km east of Schmittweiler at the Alsenztalbahn Bingen- Kaiserslautern), Staudernheim (15 km north of the Nahe Valley Railway Bingen- Saarbrücken) and Lauterecken - Grumbach (15 km south-west of the Lauter Valley Railway to Kaiserslautern ).

Sons and daughters of the town

• Theo Carlen (1928-1984), politician ( CDU)