Griebelschied is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld districtinRhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.
Griebelschied
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Griebelschied within Birkenfeld district  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°48′04″N 07°24′01″E / 49.80111°N 7.40028°E / 49.80111; 7.40028 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein-Rhaunen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Markus Hey[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.19 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Population
(2022-12-31)[2]
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| • Total | 178 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes |
55608
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| Dialling codes | 06752 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
| Website | www.griebelschied.de |
The municipality lies west of the Nahe between Kirn and Herrstein. Forty-three percent of the municipal area is wooded.
In 1279, Griebelschied had its first documentary mention. In 1800, Schinderhannes (Johannes Bückler), an infamous outlaw, celebrated his “Robber’s Ball of Griebelschied”.
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.[3]
Griebelschied's mayor is Markus Hey.[1]
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per bend Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure, and vert an oakleaf bendwise slipped and a sprig of acorns bendwise sinister, the two per saltire in base and the whole of the first.
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[4]
To the southeast runs Bundesstraße 41. Available in nearby Kirn is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
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