Ruschberg
# Ruschberg

Ruschberg 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.

## Geography

### Location

Ruschberg lies on the Baumholder Bach southwest of the 563 m-high Feldberg. It also lies in the Westrich, an historic region that encompasses areas in both Germany and France.

### Neighbouring municipalities

Ruschberg borders in the north on the Baumholder Troop Drilling Ground, in the east on the town of Baumholder, in the southeast on the municipality of Fohren-Linden, in the southwest on the municipality of Berglangenbach, in the west on the municipality of Heimbach and in the northwest on the municipality of Reichenbach.

### Constituent communities

Also belonging to Ruschberg are the outlying homesteads of Clarashall (baryte mine), Haus Mohrenmühle, Im Inkelrech, Lauersmühle and Seibertsmühle.

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

| | SPD | CDU | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 8 | 4 | 12 seats |

### Mayor

Ruschberg's mayor is Alfred Heu.

### Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess, argent issuant from the line of partition a demilion azure armed and langued gules, and azure a hammer and pick per saltire of the first surmounted by an ear of wheat between two ears of rye all couped, palewise and Or.

## Culture and sightseeing

### Clubs

* Catholic women's club
* Eschelbacher Natur- und Angelfreunde (friends of nature and angling)
* Evangelische Frauenhilfe (Evangelical women's aid)
* Fußballclub 1921 (football)
* Mixed choir
* Ruschberg “Germania” music club
* Shooting club
* Sport club
* VdK local chapter (service club)
* Volunteer fire brigade

## Economy and infrastructure

### Public institutions

* Evangelical church, parish of Baumholder
* Catholic church, parish of Baumholder
* Kindergarten Ruschberg
* Ruschberg primary school
* Ruschberg youth club
* Bürgerhaus Ruschberg (community centre)

### Transport

Running a few kilometres south of the municipality is the Autobahn A 62 (Kaiserslautern–Trier). Serving nearby Heimbach is a railway station on the Nahe Valley Railway (Bingen–Saarbrücken). There has been no railway station in Ruschberg itself since the 1981 when the Heimbach (Nahe)–Baumholder Railway ceased passenger operations.

