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Ruschberg
View on WikipediaRuschberg (German pronunciation: [ˈʁʊʃbɛʁk]) 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.
Key Information
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]Ruschberg lies on the Baumholder Bach southwest of the 563 m-high Feldberg. It also lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit]Ruschberg borders in the north on the Baumholder Troop Drilling Ground, in the east on the town of Baumholder, in the southeast on the municipality of Fohren-Linden, in the southwest on the municipality of Berglangenbach, in the west on the municipality of Heimbach and in the northwest on the municipality of Reichenbach.
Constituent communities
[edit]Also belonging to Ruschberg are the outlying homesteads of Clarashall (baryte mine), Haus Mohrenmühle, Im Inkelrech, Lauersmühle and Seibertsmühle.[3]
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[4]
| Year | SPD | CDU | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 8 | 4 | 12 seats |
Mayor
[edit]Ruschberg's mayor is Alfred Heu.[5]
Coat of arms
[edit]The 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 a hammer and pick per saltire of the first surmounted by an ear of wheat between two ears of rye all couped, palewise and Or.
Culture and sightseeing
[edit]Clubs
[edit]- Catholic women's club
- Eschelbacher Natur- und Angelfreunde (friends of nature and angling)
- Evangelische Frauenhilfe (Evangelical women's aid)
- Fußballclub 1921 (football)
- Mixed choir
- Ruschberg “Germania” music club
- Shooting club
- Sport club
- VdK local chapter (service club)
- Volunteer fire brigade
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Public institutions
[edit]- Evangelical church, parish of Baumholder
- Catholic church, parish of Baumholder
- Kindergarten Ruschberg
- Ruschberg primary school
- Ruschberg youth club
- Bürgerhaus Ruschberg (community centre)
Transport
[edit]Running a few kilometres south of the municipality is the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Heimbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken). There has been no railway station in Ruschberg itself since the 1981 when the Heimbach (Nahe)–Baumholder Railway ceased passenger operations.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 10 August 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Verzeichnis der Gemeinden und Gemeindeteile Archived 2015-11-25 at the Wayback Machine, Seite 18 (PDF)
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Ruschberg’s mayor
External links
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