Mettweiler

Mettweiler 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. The municipal area is 47% wooded.Neighbouring municipalitiesMettweiler borders in the north on the town of Baumholder, in the southeast on the municipality of Thallichtenberg and in the west on the municipalities of Berschweiler bei Baumholder and Fohren-Linden.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.MayorMettweiler’s mayor is Kurt Weingarth.Coat of armsThe 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 two ears of wheat couped per saltire surmounted by a bell Or.