Mayor's office Unkel

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Former town hall from 1885, the official seat of the Unkel mayor

The mayor Unkel was one of three Prussian mayors , in which the formed 1816 District Linz in Koblenz divided administratively. After the dissolution of the Linz district, the Unkel mayor's office came to the Neuwied district in 1822 and to the newly formed Rhine province in the same year . Eight municipalities were under the administration of the mayor's office .

In 1927 the mayor's office in Unkel was renamed Amt Unkel . The Unkel office existed until October 1, 1968 and was transferred to the Unkel community .

Associated municipalities

The following communities belonged to the mayor's office (as of 1888):

  • Community Bruchhausen St. with the pit Marienberg
  • Municipality of Erpel with the residential area St. Severinsberg
  • Heister community with Vilzelt Castle (Filzheld); 1938 incorporated into Unkel
  • Community of Niederkasbach; Spun off from Unkel in 1935 and incorporated into Kasbach, since 1976 part of Kasbach-Ohlenberg
  • Orsberg municipality ; 1969 incorporated into Erpel
  • Community Rheinbreitbach with the living quarters Benden , Mühlenweg , Rolandmühle and Virneberg
  • Commune Scheuren with the living quarters Haanhof and melt ; 1905 incorporated into Unkel
  • Unkel community with the residential areas Bahnhof , Marienberg and Ursbachs Mühle; 1952 (again) elevated to the rank of city

history

The administrative area of ​​the mayor's office of Unkel had been part of the electorate of Cologne since the 13th century and was under the administration of the Linz office from the 15th century , which was elevated to an upper office around 1700. Due to the 1801 peace treaty of Lunéville and the result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss conclusion , the Principality of Nassau-Usingen (from 1806 Duchy of Nassau ) received the office of Linz in 1803. After the treaties concluded at the Congress of Vienna , the Rhineland and with it the previous office of Linz became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815 . Under the Prussian administration, administrative districts , districts and mayor's offices with associated communities were formed in 1816 . The mayor Unkel initially belonged to the district Linz in Koblenz . In 1822 the Linz district was dissolved and added to the Neuwied district . In the same year the district of Neuwied and with it the mayor's office Unkel came to the then newly formed Rhine province .

The mayor was appointed by the district government in Koblenz, with two councilors at his side. The individual parishes were presided over by lay judges and assistants.

Like all the mayor's offices in the Rhine Province, the Unkel mayor's office was renamed “Amt Unkel” in 1927.

statistics

According to the "Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province" from 1830, the Unkel mayor's office included two towns, six villages, a hamlet and two separate farms . In 1817 a total of 3,139 inhabitants were counted, in 1828 there were 3,431 inhabitants including 1,661 male and 1,820 female; 3,398 inhabitants belonged to the Catholic, 4 to the Protestant and 79 to the Jewish faith. It should be noted here that of the two municipalities listed as "cities", Unkel had no city rights since 1815 and Erpel never had such, but this designation can also be understood in terms of settlement geography and as a synonym for "urban structure".

Further details are taken from the "Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia" from 1888, which is based on the results of the census of December 1, 1885. A total of 4,033 people lived in 796 houses and 907 households in the administrative area of ​​the Unkel mayor's office; 1,969 of the residents were male and 2,064 female. Regarding religious affiliation, 3,870 were Catholic and 87 were Protestant. Catholic parishes existed in Unkel, Erpel, Rheinbreitbach and Bruchhausen, the Protestant believers were assigned to the then new parish in Linz. The 72 Jewish inhabitants formed their own Jewish community.

In 1885 the total area of ​​the municipalities belonging to the mayor's office was 2,729 hectares , of which 840 hectares were vineyards and arable land, 57 hectares of meadows and 1,187 hectares of forest.

mayor

The mayors from 1817 to 1968 (from 1927 "mayors"):

  • 1817–1839 Mäurer
  • 1840-1848 Engels
  • 1814–1849 businessman
  • 1849-1851 Heidegger
  • 1851–1855 Lonnig
  • 1855-1880 Fransquin
  • 1880–1891 by Altrock
  • 1891–1893 by Haller
  • 1893-1897 Lieser
  • 1898–1917 Biesenbach
  • 1919-1933 Decku
  • 1934–1945 Hartdegen
  • 1945–1948 Schmitz
  • 1948-1955 Peters
  • 1955–1964 Bornheim
  • 1964–1968 Hafener

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia , Volume XII Provinz Rheinland, Verlag des Königlich Statistischen Bureaus (Ed.), 1888, page 38 ff
  2. ^ Administrative history of the Neuwied district
  3. ↑ Werner Büllesbach: Altenwied - Mayor offices (offices) Asbach and Neustadt - Verbandsgemeinde Asbach. Over 800 years of political history in the Vorderen Westerwald. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Landkreis Neuwied 2007 , pp. 87–95.
  4. ^ Friedrich von Restorff : Topographical-Statistical Description of the Royal Prussian Rhine Province . Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1830, page 676
  5. ^ Rudolf Vollmer: Unkel am Rhein - Chronik einer Stadt Önel-Verlag, Unkel 1995, p. 208 ISBN 3-929490-07-2