# Rayerschied

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{{Infobox German location
| type              = Ortsgemeinde
| image_photo       =
| image_coa         = DEU Rayerschied COA.svg
| coordinates       = {{coord|50|1|7|N|7|35|11|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| image_plan        = Rayerschied in SIM.svg
| state             = Rheinland-Pfalz
| district          = Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
| Verbandsgemeinde  = Simmern-Rheinböllen
| elevation         = 392
| area              = 2.51
| postal_code       = 55469
| area_code         = 06766
| licence           = SIM
| Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 40 121
| website           = {{URL|http://www.rayerschied.de/}}
| mayor             = José Miguel Nieves Päschkes<ref name=mayor>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1400000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref>
| leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
| party             =
}}
[[File:Rayerschied01.jpg|thumb|Kirchstraße 2: [Saint John of Nepomuk](/source/John_of_Nepomuk) Catholic Church]]
'''Rayerschied''' is an {{lang|de|[Ortsgemeinde](/source/Ortsgemeinde_(Germany))}} – a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) belonging to a {{lang|de|[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)}}, a kind of collective municipality – in the [Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis](/source/Rhein-Hunsr%C3%BCck-Kreis) ([district](/source/Districts_of_Germany)) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' [Simmern-Rheinböllen](/source/Simmern-Rheinb%C3%B6llen), whose seat is in [Simmern](/source/Simmern).

==Geography==

===Location===
The residential municipality lies in the [Hunsrück](/source/Hunsr%C3%BCck) between [Pleizenhausen](/source/Pleizenhausen) and [Bergenhausen](/source/Bergenhausen) 7&nbsp;km from Simmern.

==History==
In 1204, Rayerschied had its first documentary mention in a donation document from the Kumbd Convent. From 1420, the village belonged to the ''[Amt](/source/Amt_(country_subdivision))'' of Simmern, and later also to [Palatinate-Simmern](/source/Palatinate-Simmern). In 1498, the village was mentioned as ''Reinßrath''. In 1673, Rayerschied passed to [Electoral Palatinate](/source/Electoral_Palatinate). Beginning in 1794, Rayerschied lay under [French](/source/France) rule. In 1814 it was assigned to the Kingdom of [Prussia](/source/Prussia) at the [Congress of Vienna](/source/Congress_of_Vienna). Since 1946, it has been part of the then newly founded [state](/source/States_of_Germany) of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate).

==Politics==

===Municipal council===
The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.<ref>[http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/1400712100.html Municipal election results for Rayerschied]</ref>

===Mayor===
Rayerschied's mayor is José Miguel Nieves Päschkes.<ref name=mayor/>

===Coat of arms===
The municipality's [arms](/source/Coat_of_arms) might be described thus: Under a chief lozengy argent and azure, per pale gules a stork statant of the first and argent a cross sable.

==Culture and sightseeing==

===Buildings===
The following are listed buildings or sites in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate)’s Directory of Cultural Monuments:<ref>[http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Rhein-Hunsrueck-Kreis.pdf Directory of Cultural Monuments in Rhein-Hunsrück district]</ref>
* [Saint John of Nepomuk](/source/John_of_Nepomuk) [Catholic](/source/Catholic_Church) Church (''Kirche St. Johannes Nepomuk''), Kirchstraße 2 – [Gothic Revival](/source/Gothic_Revival_architecture) brick building, 1896; before the church a [sandstone](/source/sandstone) beam cross, early 19th century; in the parish garden a [Baroque](/source/Baroque_architecture) baptismal font basin holder

===Ancient sites===
There are also [barrows](/source/Tumulus) in Rayerschied.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.rayerschied.de/ Municipality's official webpage] {{in lang|de}}

{{Cities and towns in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district)}}

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Category:Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis

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