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district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Baumholder, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

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

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

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, in the southwest on the municipality of

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, in the west on the municipality of

Heimbach Heimbach is a town in the district of Düren of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 20 km south of Düren. Heimbach has the smallest population of any town in North Rhin ...

and in the northwest on the municipality of

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Constituent communities

Also belonging to Ruschberg are the outlying homesteads of Clarashall (

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mine), Haus Mohrenmühle, Im Inkelrech, Lauersmühle and Seibertsmühle.

Politics

Municipal council

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:

Mayor

Ruschberg's mayor is Alfred Heu.Ruschberg’s mayor
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Coat of arms

The municipality's

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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

Clubs

* Catholic women's club *''Eschelbacher Natur- und Angelfreunde'' (friends of nature and angling) *''Evangelische Frauenhilfe'' ( Evangelical women's aid) *''Fußballclub 1921'' (

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) *Mixed choir *Ruschberg “Germania” music club *Shooting club *Sport club *VdK local chapter (service club) *Volunteer fire brigade

Economy and infrastructure

Public institutions

* Evangelical church, parish of Baumholder * Catholic church, parish of Baumholder * Kindergarten Ruschberg *Ruschberg primary school *Ruschberg youth club *''Bürgerhaus Ruschberg'' (community centre)

Transport

Running a few kilometres south of the municipality is the Autobahn A 62 (

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– Trier). Serving nearby

is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway ( Bingen–

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). There has been no railway station in Ruschberg itself since the 1981 when the

Heimbach (Nahe)–Baumholder Railway Heimbach is a town in the district of Düren of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 20 km south of Düren. Heimbach has the smallest population of any town in North Rhine ...

ceased passenger operations.

References

External links

Ruschberg in the collective municipality’s webpages
Birkenfeld (district) {{Birkenfeld-geo-stub