Wickenrodt | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wickenrodt within Birkenfeld district  | |
  Wickenrodt  Wickenrodt | |
| Coordinates:49°48′58″N07°21′33″E / 49.81611°N 7.35917°E /49.81611; 7.35917 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Birkenfeld |
| Municipal assoc. | Herrstein-Rhaunen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Michael Adam[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 164 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55758 |
| Dialling codes | 06785 |
| Vehicle registration | BIR |
| Website | www.wickenrodt.de |
Wickenrodt is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theBirkenfelddistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeindeHerrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is inHerrstein.
The municipality lies in theHunsrück on a plateau overlooking the Hahnenbach valley betweenIdar-Oberstein andRhaunen.
Wickenrodt borders in the north on the municipality ofBollenbach, in the northeast on the municipality ofBundenbach, in the east on the municipality ofSonnschied, in the south on the municipality ofNiederhosenbach, in the southwest on the municipalities ofBreitenthal andOberhosenbach and in the northwest on the municipality ofSulzbach. Wickenrodt also meets the municipality ofGriebelschied at a single point in the southeast.
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
Wickenrodt's mayor is Michael Adam.[4]
The municipality'sarms might be described thus: Per bend vert a stylized W and in base an adze in bend argent, and Or a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure.
The following are listed buildings or sites inRhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
Each year, the Wickenrodt Beautification Club (Verschönerungsverein Wickenrodt) stages a folk and children's festival (last weekend in July), and the Wickenrodt Riding Club (Reitverein RV Wickenrodt) holds ariding tournament (first weekend in September).
Every other year (in even-numbered years),Saint Nicholas’s Market (Nikolausmarkt) takes place around the municipal centre on the first Saturday in December.
Running to the southeast of the municipality isBundesstraße 41, which towards the south leads to theAutobahnA 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearbyKirn is arailway station on theNahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken).
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