Birkweiler

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Birkweiler
Location of Birkweiler within Südliche Weinstraße district
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Coordinates: 49°12′21″N8°02′11″E / 49.20583°N 8.03639°E / 49.20583; 8.03639 Coordinates: 49°12′21″N8°02′11″E / 49.20583°N 8.03639°E / 49.20583; 8.03639
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Südliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc. Landau-Land
Government
   Mayor Bernd Flaxmeyer
Area
  Total 4.99 km2 (1.93 sq mi)
Elevation 189 m (620 ft)
Population (2015-12-31) [1]
  Total 712
  Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 76831
Dialling codes 06345
Vehicle registration SÜW
Website www.birkweiler.de

Birkweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Südliche Weinstraße District in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Südliche Weinstraße is a district (Kreis) in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Südwestpfalz, Bad Dürkheim, the district-free city Neustadt (Weinstraße), Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Germersheim, and the French département Bas-Rhin. The district-free city Landau is surrounded by the district.

Rhineland-Palatinate State in Germany

Rhineland-Palatinate is a state of Germany.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Location

The municipality is a typical wine village on the German Wine Route in the Siebelding valley at the foot of the Hohenberg (556 m with an observation tower).

German Wine Route

The German Wine Route or Wine Road is the oldest of Germany's tourist wine routes. Located in the Palatinate region of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the route was established in 1935.

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Catholic church of St. Bartholomäus

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