Musweiler

Musweiler

Coat of arms
Musweiler
Location of Musweiler within Bernkastel-Wittlich district
Coordinates: 50°00′36″N 6°48′08″E / 50.01000°N 6.80222°E / 50.01000; 6.80222Coordinates: 50°00′36″N 6°48′08″E / 50.01000°N 6.80222°E / 50.01000; 6.80222
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bernkastel-Wittlich
Municipal assoc. Wittlich-Land
Government
 • Ortsbürgermeister Lothar Zens
Area
 • Total 3.05 km2 (1.18 sq mi)
Elevation 330 m (1,080 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 59
 • Density 19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 54534
Dialling codes 06575
Vehicle registration WIL

Musweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Eifel. The nearest large town is the district seat, Wittlich, some 6 km to the east. Musweiler belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wittlich-Land.

Neighbouring municipalities

Musweiler borders in the north on Großlittgen, in the east on Minderlittgen and Hupperath and in the south on Landscheid.

History

Musweiler’s moated castle was an Electoral-Trier fief held by the Lords of Manderscheid, who for a time further enfeoffed the Lords of Esch with their holding. Beginning in 1794, Musweiler lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The 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.[2]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Argent on a mount in base vert a tower embattled on each of two floors gules between a spade and tongs, both palewise and azure.[3]

Economy and infrastructure

To the south runs Bundesstraße 60. In Wittlich is a railway station on the Koblenz-Trier railway line.

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. ↑ Musweiler’s arms Archived 2010-03-23 at the Wayback Machine. Go to Ortsgemeinden> Musweiler.
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