Benzweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Simmern-Rheinböllen, whose seat is in Simmern. Benzweiler is a tourism municipality (Fremdenverkehrsgemeinde).
Benzweiler | |
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Location of Benzweiler within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district  | |
  Benzweiler  Benzweiler | |
| Coordinates: 50°1′16.3″N 7°36′17.95″E / 50.021194°N 7.6049861°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Simmern-Rheinböllen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Hans-Joachim Kunz[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 389 m (1,276 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 214 |
| • Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55494 |
| Dialling codes | 06766 |
| Vehicle registration | SIM |
| Website | www |
Geography
editLocation
editThe municipality lies in the Hunsrück.
History
editSix barrows northeast of the village make it plain that Celts settled here in antiquity. Beginning in 1794, Benzweiler lay under French rule. In 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Population development
editThese are population figures for Benzweiler (for 31 December each time):
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Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Mayor
editBenzweiler's mayor is Hans-Joachim Kunz.[1]
Culture and sightseeing
editBuildings
editThe following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:
- Hauptstraße 4 – building with half-hipped roof, partly timber framing sided, about 1820
References
edit- ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
edit- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Brief portrait of Benzweiler with film at SWR Fernsehen (in German)
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