Kirschweiler, Herrstein-Rhaunen, Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Kirschweiler | Municipality |
| Herrstein-Rhaunen | Collective Municipality |
| Birkenfeld | District |
| Rhineland-Palatinate | State |
| Germany | Country |
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Mindat Locality ID:
244999
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:244999:2
GUID (UUID V4):
dc2756ef-e084-4b20-9cc9-44332e7ef136
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Kirschweiler, Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
Kirschweiler 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 Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
The municipality lies a few kilometres northwest of Idar-Oberstein in the Hunsrück. The municipal area is 56% wooded.
Kirschweiler's neighbours besides Idar-Oberstein are Hettenrodt and Kempfeld with its outlying centre of Katzenloch.
Also belonging to Kirschweiler are the outlying homesteads of Auf der Lüh und Kirschweiler Mühle.
The wealth of water in the Idarbach, which flows through the valley here was the basis for the village’s development into the “Village of the Gemstone Grinders”. Even today, Kirschweiler's economic life is characterized by gemstone grinders’ and goldsmiths’ businesses. Defining landmarks in the municipality are the two gemstone fountains in the village centre and the crystal fountain at Hans-Becker-Halle.
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirschweiler |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q377642 |
| GeoNames ID: | 2890226 |
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