title: Hermersberg
text: # Hermersberg
  
  Hermersberg (Palatine German: Hermerschberch) is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany and belongs to the municipal association Waldfischbach-Burgalben. It is situated on the western edge of the Palatinate Forest, approx. 15 km northeast of Pirmasens, on top of the Sickingen Heights, and biggest settlement on top.
  
  ## Inhabitants
  
  69% of the population in Hermersberg is Catholic, 23% are Protestants; the evolution of population can be proven since 1800. From Year 1970 the number of inhabitants is slowly decreasing.
  
  Evolution of population (since 1800):
  
  | Year | 1800 | 1815 | 1835 | 1871 | 1905 | 1925 | 1933 | 1939 | 1950 | 1961 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Population | 239 | 435 | 611 | 794 | 1.096 | 1.211 | 1.343 | 1.459 | 1.556 | 1.755 | 1.932 | 1.877 | 1.830 | 1.813 | 1.740 | 1.726 | 1.733 |
  