Dierfeld | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Dierfeld within Bernkastel-Wittlich district  | |
  Dierfeld  Dierfeld | |
| Coordinates:50°05′04″N06°53′24″E / 50.08444°N 6.89000°E /50.08444; 6.89000 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bernkastel-Wittlich |
| Municipal assoc. | Wittlich-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Roderich von Greve-Dierfeld[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.54 km2 (0.59 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 54533 |
| Dialling codes | 06572 |
| Vehicle registration | WIL |
| Website | www.dierfeld.de |
Dierfeld is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theBernkastel-Wittlichdistrict inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. Among Germany’s smallest municipalities, it is the least populous, with just 9 people living in the municipality.
Dierfeld can only be reached from the west over a small road that links the place withLaufeld. It belongs to theVerbandsgemeindeWittlich-Land.
Besides Laufeld, the other neighbours areWallscheid,Mückeln,Oberscheidweiler,Hasborn,Niederöfflingen andOberöfflingen.
Dierfeld arose from a hunting lodge that theCounts of Manderscheid had built in the 16th century. Beginning in 1794, Dierfeld lay underFrench rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom ofPrussia at theCongress of Vienna. Since 1947, it has been part of the then newly foundedstate ofRhineland-Palatinate.
Dierfeld has only nine inhabitants and is thereby the least populous municipality in all of Germany (as of 2021). The municipality’s head and mayor is Gerhard von Greve-Dierfeld.
The municipal council is made up of 6 council members (this, of course, means that only two people in the municipality arenot on council), who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
At elections to the European Parliament, the Bundestag and the Landtag, a common voting area has been formed with Manderscheid to ensure that ballots are kept secret.[4]
In 2006, the municipality had the highest commercial tax rates in Rhineland-Palatinate. This was resolved by the mayor, who is also the owner of a tree nursery. The municipality is debt-free.[5]
