Eckersweiler

Eckersweiler 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.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France, on the boundary with the Saarland. Eckersweiler is the district’s southernmost municipality.Neighbouring municipalitiesEckersweiler borders in the north on the municipality of Berschweiler bei Baumholder, in the east on the municipality of Thallichtenberg (Kusel district), in the south on the municipality of Reichweiler (Kusel district) and in the west on the municipality of Freisen (Sankt Wendel district, Saarland).PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.