Leitzweiler

Leitzweiler 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.GeographyLocationLeitzweiler lies near the state boundary with the Saarland, roughly 3 km southeast of Hoppstädten-Weiersbach and 9 km west of Baumholder. The municipal area measures 3.02 km², of which 30% is wooded.Constituent communitiesAlso belonging to Leitzweiler is the outlying homestead of Lindenhof.Municipality’s nameLeitzweiler was founded in the 8th or 9th century by nobility. At that time, all the places ending in —weiler were founded as a result of the growth in population. In Leitzweiler’s case, the leading syllable would give a clue as to the founder’s name. It was likely Leudoin, for this was a very common name in the Early Middle Ages.