Wirschweiler

Wirschweiler is a municipality in the district of Birkenfeld, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Herrnstein.

Geography

Wirschweiler located in the Natural Park Saar -Hunsrück between Allenbach and Sensweiler. 69 percent of the district area is forested. To Wirschweiler includes the residential places Klarebacherhof and Wirschweiler mill.

History

The place was certainly mentioned as Wernzvilre in records in 1148. In a document from the year 975, which is called a Werriswillero, the authenticity is questioned. In the Middle Ages the village belonged to the Rear County of Sponheim. After the French Revolution it was part of the Saar departments. 1815 Wirschweiler Prussia was slammed.

On 7 June 1969, the district bore was umgemeindet with 325 inhabitants according Sensweiler from the community Wirschweiler, from 1992 a separate municipality was formed. On May 1, 1970, the Municipality of Wirschweiler - bore was renamed Wirschweiler.

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

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Wirschweiler 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.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: "shield divided by a half golden slant left wave beams, front in red blaugezungter a golden lion torso to the left, behind geschacht red-silver ".

The wave bar indicates the border Bach ( Bach Glad ) between Wirschweiler and Sensweiler to ( Rear County of Sponheim and wild and Rhine county). The lion's body symbolized the wild and rheingräflischen possession on the other side of the brook Gladbeck. The rear shield part refers to the former belonging to the Rear County of Sponheim.