Isert

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Isert (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	294 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.84 km 2
Residents:	109 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	59 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57612
Primaries :	02681, 02682
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 058
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen
Website :	www.isert-westerwald.de
Local Mayor :	Wolfgang Hört
Location of the local community Isert in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Isert is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

geography

location

Isert is located in a meadow valley in the Westerwald, surrounded by several pieces of forest, a few hundred meters from the federal highway 256 between Altenkirchen and Roth an der Sieg .

Local church structure

• Isert (core town)
• Kohlhardt
• Sunny spot

(Source: State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate)

Neighboring places

Racksen		Helmeroth
		Stein-Wingert
Eichelhardt		Idelberg

history

The name Isert indicates a clearing in the Middle Ages at a place with deposits of iron . In the Westerwald dialect , the local community is called Eisert . From this it can be concluded that iron ore was mined earlier, which is also indicated by former racing furnaces in the nearby Marienthaler Wald.

Isert belonged country wonderfully to Sayn . After the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Sayn, the inhabitants were first Lutheran and later reformed . After the division of the County of Sayn in the 17th century, Isert was part of the County of Sayn-Altenkirchen .

Population development

The development of the population of Isert, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 74 1835 85 1871 121 1905 147 1939 133 1950 153 1961 155

year Residents 1970 143 1987 158 1997 182 2005 168 2011 145 2017 116 2018 114

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Isert consists of six council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

Local mayor

The local mayor of Isert has been Wolfgang Hocket since 2004. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 77.91% of the votes.

coat of arms

The municipality of Isert was awarded the municipal coat of arms on August 10, 2018.

Blazon : "In red and silver division above a golden , day- lit two-storey house with a central door over three steps and five surrounding windows with cross-shaped bars and window sills as well as a rising uneducated sun on the right and a golden, blue - tipped leopard head on the top left, a black one below Hammer and a black clearing hoe crossed diagonally. "

Foundation of the coat of arms: The lower half with hammer and clearing hoe expresses the name of the local community in a talking coat of arms , which can be traced back to existing iron deposits and to the foundation as medieval clearing. The house in the upper half with the sun stands for the school in Isert, which, as a house in the sun, was a reform pedagogical trial site for the reform of schools in the Weimar Republic . The sun also stands for the harvest and at the same time for agriculture in Isert. The leopard head above the school is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Counts of Sayn and refers to the fact that the local community belongs to the county of Sayn and Sayn-Altenkirchen. The tinging expresses the territorial affiliation of the local community of Isert through the colors red and gold for Sayn and silver and black for Prussia .

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Half-timbered houses in Dorfstrasse 28 and 30
• There is a weather station near Isert ( rain radar )

Cultural monuments

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Isert

economy

Isert is an agricultural place with full-time and part- time farmed areas, supplemented by some smaller commercial operations.

Personalities

People connected to the local church

• Hans Helzer (* 1927), politician (SPD), was a primary school teacher in Isert

literature

• HG Heizer: The population movement in the villages of Isert, Nassen and Racksen 1900–1960 , in: Heimatkalender des Kreis Altenkirchen 1962, pp. 93–94.
• Jörg W. Link: School reform in the Westerwald. The “house in the sun” in Isert , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 35 (1992), pp. 170–174.
• Jörg-Werner Link: Reform pedagogy between Weimar, World War and the economic miracle. Educational ambivalences of the rural school reformer Wilhelm Kircher (1898–1968) (=  studies on culture and education . Volume 2 ). Hildesheim 1999.
• Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms and the flags of the local community Isert , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 63 (2020), pp. 46–50.
• Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald). The villages of Hacksen, Niedererbach, Obererbach and Koberstein from the Middle Ages to the present. Obererbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027494-7 (with numerous references to Isert).

Web links

Commons : Isert  - Collection of Images

• Homepage of the local community Isert
• Local community Isert on the website of the community community Altenkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 11 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms and the flags of the local community Isert, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 63 (2020), p. 47.
4. ^ Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the ground plan, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 58 (2015), pp. 74-80.
5. ↑ My village, my city. Rhineland-Palatinate State Statistical Office, accessed on July 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. In: www.wahlen.rlp.de. The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate, accessed on October 20, 2019 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} City Council. In: www.isert-westerwald.de. Retrieved October 20, 2019 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 30th line of results. Retrieved December 26, 2019 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b} Blazon and meaning of the coat of arms of the local community Isert. In: www.isert-westerwald.de. Retrieved July 26, 2019 . 
10. ^ Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms and the flags of the local community Isert, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 63 (2020), pp. 46–47.
11. ^ Daniel Schneider: The coat of arms and the flags of the local community Isert, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 63 (2020), pp. 47-49.