Schwollen

Schwollen
Coat of arms
Schwollen
Location of Schwollen within Birkenfeld district
Coordinates: 49°42′26″N 7°10′58″E / 49.70722°N 7.18278°E / 49.70722; 7.18278Coordinates: 49°42′26″N 7°10′58″E / 49.70722°N 7.18278°E / 49.70722; 7.18278
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Birkenfeld
Municipal assoc.	Birkenfeld
Government
• Mayor	Horst Hahnefeld
Area
• Total	8.83 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Elevation	414 m (1,358 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	437
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55767
Dialling codes	06787
Vehicle registration	BIR

Schwollen 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 village is known for its mineral springs.

The municipality lies on the Schwollbach at the edge of the Schwarzwälder Hochwald (forest). This part of the Hochwald is the southwestern part of the Hunsrück. The municipal area is 63% wooded. The mineral water that comes from the springs is bottled by two companies.

Schwollen borders in the northeast on the municipality of Leisel, in the east on the municipality of Wilzenberg-Hußweiler, in the south on the municipality of Niederhambach, in the southwest on the municipality of Hattgenstein and in the northwest on the municipality of Allenbach.

Schwollen formerly belonged to the “Hinder” County of Sponheim.

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Schwollen’s mayor is Horst Hahnefeld, and his deputies are Willi Welker and Freimut Theiß.

The German blazon reads: In geteiltem Schild oben in Grün ein silberner Schalenbrunnen mit geteiltem silbernen Wasserstrahl, unten rot-silbern geschacht.