Uhler

Uhler
Municipality
Coat of arms of Uhler
Coat of arms
Location of Uhler within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Location of Uhler within Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district
Interactive map of Uhler
Uhler is located in Germany
Uhler
Location within Germany
Uhler is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Uhler
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°5′17.12″N 7°25′53.83″E / 50.0880889°N 7.4316194°E / 50.0880889; 7.4316194
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Kastellaun
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24)Hans-Herbert Laux
Area
 • Total
5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
366
 • Density65.6/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56290
Dialling codes06762
Vehicle registrationSIM
Websitewww.ort-uhler.de
Municipal centre
Church

Uhler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːlɐ]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kastellaun, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies on a ridge in the central Hunsrück, roughly 12 km southeast of the Moselle at Treis-Karden, 3 km north of Kastellaun and 2 km north of the Hunsrückhöhenstraße ('Hunsrück Heights Road', a scenic road across the Hunsrück built originally as a military road on Hermann Göring’s orders). Also belonging to Uhler are the outlying homesteads of Gräfenmühle, Junkersmühle, Neumühle and Sulzmühle.

History

In 1200, Uhler had its first documentary mention in a document from St. Maximin’s Abbey in Trier as Owilre. Uhler belonged to the “Three-Lord Court” in Beltheim. Beginning in 1794, Uhler lay under French rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

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

Mayor

Uhler's mayor is Hans-Herbert Laux.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Below a chief countercompony gules and argent, tierced in mantle, dexter argent an eagle's sinister wing sable, sinister argent a cross of the first and in base gules a bugle-horn of the second.

The arms refer to the lords of the "Three-Lord Court" in Beltheim. The chief, namely the band at the top of the escutcheon with the two-row chequered pattern (“countercompony”), stands for the Counts of Sponheim, the red cross on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side for the Electorate of Trier and the bugle-horn for the Lords of Braunshorn. The charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side, the eagle's wing, was an heraldic device borne by the knightly family of Keyser von "Owilre".

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in Rhineland-Palatinate’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:

References

  1. ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2025 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
  3. ↑ Outlying homesteads
  4. ↑ Municipal election results for Uhler
  5. ↑ Uhler’s mayor Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Description and explanation of Uhler’s arms
  7. ↑ Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district