Ruschberg

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Ruschberg
Coat of arms of Ruschberg
Coat of arms
Location of Ruschberg within Birkenfeld district
Ruschberg is located in Germany
Ruschberg
Ruschberg
Coordinates: 49°37′18″N 7°17′24″E / 49.62167°N 7.29000°E / 49.62167; 7.29000Coordinates: 49°37′18″N 7°17′24″E / 49.62167°N 7.29000°E / 49.62167; 7.29000
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBirkenfeld
Municipal assoc.Baumholder
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Alfred Heu[1]
Area
 • Total7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total788
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55776
Dialling codes06783
Vehicle registrationBIR

Ruschberg 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, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography[]

Location[]

Ruschberg lies on the Baumholder Bach southwest of the 563 m-high Feldberg. It also lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France.

Neighbouring municipalities[]

Ruschberg borders in the north on the Baumholder Troop Drilling Ground, in the east on the town of Baumholder, in the southeast on the municipality of Fohren-Linden, in the southwest on the municipality of Berglangenbach, in the west on the municipality of Heimbach and in the northwest on the municipality of Reichenbach.

Constituent communities[]

Also belonging to Ruschberg are the outlying homesteads of Clarashall (baryte mine), Haus Mohrenmühle, Im Inkelrech, Lauersmühle and Seibertsmühle.[3]

Politics[]

Municipal council[]

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4]

  SPD CDU Total
2009 8 4 12 seats
2004 8 4 12 seats

Mayor[]

Ruschberg's mayor is Alfred Heu.[5]

Coat of arms[]

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess, argent issuant from the line of partition a demilion azure armed and langued gules, and azure a hammer and pick per saltire of the first surmounted by an ear of wheat between two ears of rye all couped, palewise and Or.

Culture and sightseeing[]

Clubs[]

  • Catholic women's club
  • Eschelbacher Natur- und Angelfreunde (friends of nature and angling)
  • Evangelische Frauenhilfe (Evangelical women's aid)
  • Fußballclub 1921 (football)
  • Mixed choir
  • Ruschberg “Germania” music club
  • Shooting club
  • Sport club
  • VdK local chapter (service club)
  • Volunteer fire brigade

Economy and infrastructure[]

Public institutions[]

Transport[]

Running a few kilometres south of the municipality is the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Heimbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken). There has been no railway station in Ruschberg itself since the 1981 when the Heimbach (Nahe)–Baumholder Railway ceased passenger operations.

References[]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Seite 18 (PDF)
  4. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  5. ^ Ruschberg’s mayor

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