Elchweiler is an Ortsgemeinde, or municipality, located in the Birkenfeld district within the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It serves as a local administrative unit belonging to the Verbandsgemeinde of Birkenfeld.
The village is situated in a region where the seat of its collective municipality is located in the town of Birkenfeld. As an Ortsgemeinde, it functions as part of the larger administrative structure governing the surrounding rural area.