Hattgenstein

Hattgenstein
Coat of arms
Hattgenstein
Location of Hattgenstein within Birkenfeld district
Coordinates: 49°41′55″N 7°09′37″E / 49.69861°N 7.16028°E / 49.69861; 7.16028Coordinates: 49°41′55″N 7°09′37″E / 49.69861°N 7.16028°E / 49.69861; 7.16028
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Birkenfeld
Municipal assoc.	Birkenfeld
Government
• Mayor	Rudi Gordner
Area
• Total	8.21 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Elevation	534 m (1,752 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	261
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55767
Dialling codes	06782
Vehicle registration	BIR

Hattgenstein 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 Birkenfeld, whose seat is in the like-named town.

The municipality lies at the edge of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (forest) in the Hunsrück, and 72.2% of the municipal area is wooded. There is a widespread misconception that Hattgenstein, with its average elevation of 534 m above sea level, is the highest place in Rhineland-Palatinate, but this is not true. There are a few places, such as Stein-Neukirch in the High Westerwald and Nürburg in the Eifel, that are higher.

To the northeast lies Schwollen, and to the south, Oberhambach.

Also belonging to Hattgenstein are the outlying homesteads of Helmhof, Waldfriede and Zur Zimmerei.

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.

Since 1984, Hattgenstein’s mayor has been Rudi Gordner, and his deputy is Günter Helm.

The municipality’s arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Over a base countercompony gules and argent, gules on a mount vert the Hattgenstein Glockenhaus argent with timber framing sable and doors and windows of the field.