Boelsberg

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Coat of arms of the local community Bölsberg
Boelsberg
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 55 ′  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Height : 470 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.46 km 2
Residents: 217 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 149 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 57648
Area code : 02661
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 211
Association administration address: Kirburger Strasse 4
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Website : www.bad-marienberg.de
Local Mayor : Paul Gerhard Kruger
Location of the local community Bölsberg in the Westerwaldkreis
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Bölsberg (dialect: Bilsbisch, Bölsberisch ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) community . Bölsberg is the smallest municipality in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen .

history

Bölsberg was first mentioned in a document around 1300.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 89
1835 145
1871 141
1905 169
1939 215
year Residents
1950 212
1961 202
1970 258
1987 271
2005 273

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Bölsberg 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.

mayor

Paul Gerhard Krüger became mayor of Bölsberg in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 84.00% of the votes.

Krüger's predecessor Georg Otto held the office from 1999 to 2014.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Bölsberg
Blazon : “Split of silver and gold, covered with a continuous, faceted, conically beared Latin bar cross , in front a closed, blue frog pit lampwith left-facing hook on two discs, bracket with flat tank and left burning red, inside silver flame, at the top at the top blue hexagon, below three such, 2: 1 set. "

Culture and sights

→ see list of cultural monuments in Bölsberg

traffic

Web links

Commons : Bölsberg  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. Hermann Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as local nonsense ( memento of the original from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.klschmidt.de archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2010, page 2 (PDF; 132 kB)
  3. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  5. The election events in the Westerwaldkreis. Westerwälder Zeitung, May 26, 2014, accessed on June 2, 2020 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Marienberg, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved June 2, 2020 .
  7. ^ Georg Otto receives badge of honor from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Verbandsgemeinde Bad Marienberg, March 20, 2014, accessed on June 2, 2020 .