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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hattgenstein 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.
Hattgenstein | |
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Coordinates: 49°41′55″N 7°09′37″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Birkenfeld |
Municipal assoc. | Birkenfeld |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Udo Laube[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi) |
Elevation | 534 m (1,752 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 244 |
• Density | 30/km2 (77/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55767 |
Dialling codes | 06782 |
Vehicle registration | BIR |
The municipality lies at the edge of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (forest) in the Hunsrück, and 72.2% of the municipal area is wooded. There is a widespread misconception that Hattgenstein, with its average elevation of 534 m above sea level, is the highest place in Rhineland-Palatinate, but this is not true. There are a few places, such as Stein-Neukirch in the High Westerwald and Nürburg in the Eifel, that are higher.[3]
To the northeast lies Schwollen, and to the south, Oberhambach.
Also belonging to Hattgenstein are the outlying homesteads of Helmhof, Waldfriede and Zur Zimmerei.[4]
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.[5]
Hattgenstein's mayor is Udo Laube, re-elected in 2019.[1]
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Over a base countercompony gules and argent, gules on a mount vert the Hattgenstein Glockenhaus argent with timber framing sable and doors and windows of the field.
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[6]
The Glockenhaus (“Bell House”) is Hattgenstein's main landmark. It was built in 1762 as a school building and a dwelling for the beadle.
Hattgensteiner Fels, a crag with a lookout tower near the sporting ground, is believed to be the village's namesake.
To the west runs Bundesstraße 269, and to the south, the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Available in nearby Neubrücke is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
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