| Eckersweiler | |
| Image Coa: | Wappen Eckersweiler.svg |
| Coordinates: | 49.5592°N 7.2915°W |
| Image Plan: | Eckersweiler in BIR.svg |
| State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| District: | Birkenfeld |
| Verbandsgemeinde: | Baumholder |
| Elevation: | 500 |
| Area: | 3.69 |
| Postal Code: | 55777 |
| Area Code: | 06783 |
| Licence: | BIR |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 34 021 |
| Website: | www.eckersweiler.de |
| Mayor: | Hans-Peter Bohr[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Eckersweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Baumholder, whose seat is in the like-named town.
The municipality lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France, on the boundary with the Saarland. Eckersweiler is the district's southernmost municipality.
Eckersweiler borders in the north on the municipality of Berschweiler bei Baumholder, in the east on the municipality of Thallichtenberg (Kusel district), in the south on the municipality of Reichweiler (Kusel district) and in the west on the municipality of Freisen (Sankt Wendel district, Saarland).
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.[2]
Eckersweiler's mayor is Hans-Peter Bohr, and his deputies are Helmut Rausch and Paul Dinges.[3]
The German blazon reads: German: In geteiltem Schild oben ein wachsender rotbewehrter und -gezungter blauer Löwe in Silber, unten in Blau ein silberner Turm mit Turmhelm.
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per fess argent a demilion issuant from the line of partition azure armed and langued gules, and azure a tower with roof of the first.
The blue lion is a reference to the village's former allegiance to the County of Veldenz. The tower depicts the village's churchtower, which stands under monumental protection.
The arms have been borne since 10 January 1964.[4]
The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:[5]
Eckersweiler's village midpoint was ranked as worth seeing in Birkenfeld district's local Agenda 21.
Eckersweiler has a village community centre, and to the south lies the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier).