Ruschberg
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Location of Ruschberg
within Birkenfeld district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Baumholder |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Alfred Heu[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.45 km2 (2.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55776 |
| Dialling codes | 06783 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
Ruschberg (German pronunciation: [ˈʁʊʃbɛʁk]) 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
[edit | edit source]Location
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Also belonging to Ruschberg are the outlying homesteads of Clarashall (baryte mine), Haus Mohrenmühle, Im Inkelrech, Lauersmühle and Seibertsmühle.[2]
Politics
[edit | edit source]Municipal council
[edit | edit source]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:[3]
| Year | SPD | CDU | Total |
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| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 8 | 4 | 12 seats |
Mayor
[edit | edit source]Ruschberg's mayor is Alfred Heu.[4]
Coat of arms
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Clubs
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]Public institutions
[edit | edit source]- Evangelical church, parish of Baumholder
- Catholic church, parish of Baumholder
- Kindergarten Ruschberg
- Ruschberg primary school
- Ruschberg youth club
- Bürgerhaus Ruschberg (community centre)
Transport
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Seite 18 (PDF)
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Ruschberg’s mayor
External links
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