Ellweiler is an Ortsgemeinde, or municipality, located in the Birkenfeld district within the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It functions as a local administrative unit belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, which is a type of collective municipality.
The village is part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Birkenfeld. The administrative seat for this collective municipality is situated in the town of Birkenfeld.