Village

Ruschberg

Located in Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 49°37′00″ N 7°17′00″ E

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Population: 794; 794
Elevation: 462 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 2; listed under Ruschberg
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport37 km; SCN Saarbrücken Airport46 km

About Ruschberg

Ruschberg is a village. Location: Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 794. Elevation: 462 m.

From Wikipedia

Ruschberg (German pronunciation: [ˈʁʊʃbɛʁk]) 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.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 7.4 km²
Official website: ruschberg.de

Source: Wikidata

Population of Ruschberg over time

Population of Ruschberg over time
1975		895
2017		800
2019		796
2021		766
2022		803
2023		823
2024		794
2025		771

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Ruschberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 0° · Rain 90 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -3°)
Wettest month: December (103 mm)
Driest month: April (62 mm)

2° -3°

3° -3°

7° 0°

11° 2°

16° 6°

20° 9°

22° 11°

17° 7°

12° 4°

6° 0°

3° -1°

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May

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Aug

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Nov

Dec

103

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table

Climate of Ruschberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	3°	7°	11°	16°	20°	22°	22°	17°	12°	6°	3°
Average low (°C)	-3°	-3°	0°	2°	6°	9°	11°	11°	7°	4°	0°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	86	75	78	62	78	77	75	63	72	86	90	103

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Ruschberg

The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN), 37 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Saarbrücken, 47 km to the southwest.

Airports

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 37 kmnorth
Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) Saarbrücken 46 kmsouth
Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX) Luxembourg 77 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Saarbrücken Population: 183K 47 kmsouthwest
Trier Population: 100.1K 49 kmwest
Mainz Population: 222.9K 82 kmnortheast
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 85 kmnorth
Ludwigshafen am Rhein Population: 163.2K 86 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Ruschberg

Within 100 km: 662 historic and cultural sites, 3,249 natural sites, 789 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km373 places

Talsperre Nonnweiler Lake 21 kmW
Steinbachtalsperre Lake 19 kmN
Bostalsee Lake 16 kmW
Ottweiler Wingertsweier Lake 24 kmS

25–60 km1,414 places

Sauer River 57 kmW
Gelterswoog Lake 39 kmSE
Zuckerberg Mountain 47 kmNE
Zoonenberg Mountain 50 kmNW

60–100 km2,913 places

Wiltz River 98 kmNW
Our River 77 kmNW
Autelbas River 98 kmW
Eisch River 86 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Ruschberg

2 places

1 Ruschberg 857

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Mountains & nature1

Heimelberg · Mountain

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Reichenbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
0.9 km N
Oderskopf Mountain, Berglangenbach
2.2 km SW
Feldberg Mountain, Baumholder
2.4 km NE
Faulenberg Mountain, Baumholder
2.7 km SE
Hirschbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
2.2 km S
Unnerbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
2.3 km SW