Schwollen | |
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Location of Schwollen within Birkenfeld district  | |
  Schwollen  Schwollen | |
| Coordinates:49°42′26″N7°10′58″E / 49.70722°N 7.18278°E /49.70722; 7.18278 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Birkenfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Heiko Herber[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.83 km2 (3.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 414 m (1,358 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 444 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55767 |
| Dialling codes | 06787 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
Schwollen is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theBirkenfelddistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Birkenfeld, whose seat is in thelike-named town.
The village is known for its mineralsprings.
The municipality lies on the Schwollbach at the edge of theSchwarzwälder Hochwald (forest). This part of theHochwald is the southwestern part of theHunsrück. The municipal area is 63% wooded. Themineral water that comes from the springs is bottled by two companies.
Schwollen borders in the northeast on the municipality ofLeisel, in the east on the municipality ofWilzenberg-Hußweiler, in the south on the municipality ofNiederhambach, in the southwest on the municipality ofHattgenstein and in the northwest on the municipality ofAllenbach.
Schwollen formerly belonged to the “Hinder”County of Sponheim.
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
The German blazon reads:In geteiltem Schild oben in Grün ein silberner Schalenbrunnen mit geteiltem silbernen Wasserstrahl, unten rot-silbern geschacht.
The municipality'sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: Per fess vert a fountain with a basin, the stream falling to both sinister and dexter, argent, and chequy gules and argent.
The fountain in the upper field stands for the many mineral springs that lie within the municipality's limits, while the fieldtincture, vert (green), stands for Schwollen's wealth of woodland. The “chequy” pattern in the lower field is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the “Hinder”County of Sponheim.
The arms have been borne since 24 March 1965.[4]
The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
Running west of the municipality isBundesstraße 269. ServingKronweiler, some 9 km away, is arailway station on theNahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
Since 1937 there has been an outdoorswimming pool in Schwollen. Furthermore, there are akindergarten, abakery, arestaurant and other commercial operations, among these two mineral water bottlers and a fire control company. TheSirona-Weg adventure trail and theVerbandsgemeinde of Birkenfeld hiking circuit run straight through the municipality.
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