Elchweiler

Elchweiler 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 Birkenfeld, whose seat is in the like-named town.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies on the Molkenbach in the Hunsrück.Neighbouring municipalitiesElchweiler borders in the north on the municipality of Niederhambach and in the south on the municipality of Schmißberg.Constituent communitiesAlso belonging to Elchweiler is the Ortsteil of “Alte Schule”. The homestead lies south of the village itself at the municipal boundary with Schmißberg.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.MayorElchweiler’s mayor is Wolfgang Finck, and his deputy is Erich Kämmerling.Coat of armsThe German blazon reads: Unter rot-silbern geschachtem Schildhaupt in Grün ein goldenes Elchgeweih mit Grind.