Mettweiler is an ''
Ortsgemeinde Ortsgemeinde may refer to:
* Ortsgemeinde (Austria), a type of municipality in Austria
* Ortsgemeinde (Germany)
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'' – a
municipality
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belonging to a ''
Verbandsgemeinde
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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the
Birkenfeld
Birkenfeld () is a town and the district seat of the Birkenfeld (district), Birkenfeld Districts of Germany, district in southwest Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is also the seat of the Birkenfeld (Verbandsgemeinde), like-named ''Verbandsge ...
district
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in
Rhineland-Palatinate
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,
Germany
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. It belongs to the
''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Baumholder, whose seat is in the
like-named town.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and
France
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. The municipal area is 47% wooded.
Neighbouring municipalities
Mettweiler borders in the north on the town of
Baumholder
Baumholder () is a town in the Birkenfeld (district), Birkenfeld Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France. The town of Baumholder is the a ...
, in the southeast on the municipality of
Thallichtenberg
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and in the west on the municipalities of
Berschweiler bei Baumholder
Berschweiler bei Baumholder is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' o ...
and
Fohren-Linden
Fohren-Linden is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Baumholder, ...
.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by
majority vote
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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
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Mayor
Mettweiler's mayor is Ute Theiß.[
]
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms
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*Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body
Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to:
People
* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
might be described thus: Per fess argent issuant from the line of partition a demilion azure armed and langued gules, and azure two ears of wheat couped per saltire surmounted by a bell Or.
The charge
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* ''Charge, Zero Emissions/Maximum Speed'', a 2011 documentary
Music
* ''Charge'' (David Ford album)
* ''Charge'' (Machel Montano album)
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in the upper part of the escutcheon
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, the lion, is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the County of Veldenz
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.
Culture and sightseeing
Regular events
Each year, a kermis
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The term was derived from 'kerk' (church) and 'mis' (mass) in the original Dutch language term, and was borrowed in English, French, Spa ...
and a ''Brunnenfest'' (“Fountain Festival”) are held.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
To the south runs the Autobahn
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Much of t ...
A 62 (Kaiserslautern
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–Trier
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). Serving nearby Heimbach
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is a railway station
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on the Nahe Valley Railway
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( Bingen–Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
).
References
External links
Mettweiler in the collective municipality’s webpages
Birkenfeld (district)
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