Birch bump

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 44 '  N , 7 ° 37'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Hamm (victory)
Height :	295 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.76 km 2
Residents:	427 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57589
Area code :	02682
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 007
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Lindenallee 2 57577 Hamm (Sieg)
Website :	www.hamm-sieg.de
Local Mayor :	Sven Merzhäuser
Location of the local community Birkenbeul in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Birkenbeul is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Hamm (Sieg) .

geography

The local community is north of the Sieg - Wied - Wasserscheide above Hamm (Sieg) and Pracht , which are in the north; other neighboring communities are Ölsen in the west, Breitscheidt in the northwest and Heupelzen in the south.

The districts of Kratzhahn, Pfaffenseifen and Weißenbruchen belong to Birkenbeul.

Birkenbeul Kratzhahn, aerial photo (2017)

Birkenbeul Weissenbruchen, aerial photo (2017)

history

The first written mention of Birkenbeul comes from a lease agreement signed in 1381 by Johann Ruysgin, known as von Birkenbeul .

Until the middle of the 17th century, Birkenbeul belonged to the county of 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 state of Sayn in the 17th century belonged to Birkenbeul Sayn-Hachenburg .

Birkenbeul formed a separate administrative district called "Sende" within the parish of Hamm , to which the places Kratzhahn, Pfaffenseifen and Weißenbruchen also belonged. The county of Sayn-Hachenburg fell to the princes of Nassau-Weilburg by inheritance in 1799 . In connection with the formation of the Rhine Confederation , Birkenbeul came to the newly established Duchy of Nassau in 1806 .

Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia . Which was under the Prussian administration Birkenbeul mayoralty Hamm in the newly built district of Altenkirchen in the administrative district of Coblenz assigned that from 1822 to the Rhine province belonged.

Birkenbeul has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 198 1835 210 1871 326 1905 389 1939 360 1950 402

year Residents 1961 369 1970 431 1987 402 1997 446 2005 485 2017 431

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Local mayor of Birkenbeul is Sven Merzhäuser. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 68.42% of the vote. Merzhäuser is the successor to Eckhard Voigt, who held the office for seven years.

coat of arms

Justification for the coat of arms: The lines of the curled tip symbolize the Erzengelbach and the Birkenbach. The golden leopard on a red background stands for the County of Sayn and the County of Sayn-Hachenburg , to which Birkenbeul belonged. The silver plow on a green background symbolizes agriculture in Birkenbeul and, thanks to the green color, also symbolizes the rich forests in the Westerwald . The four birch leaves in the curled silver tip represent the four districts of Birkenbeul, Kratzhahn, Weißenbruchen and Pfaffenseifen, which make up the local community of Birkenbeul. In addition, the birch leaves refer to the place name Birkenbeul and the existing forests in the local community.

See also the list of cultural monuments in Birkenbeul

Web links

Commons : Birkenbeul  - Collection of Images

• Local community Birkenbeul on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg)
• Literature about Birkenbeul in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
• Short portrait of Birkenbeul on SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 9 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 371.
5. ↑ Negotiations of the State Deputy Assembly by resolution ..., Volume 1 , 1836, p. 583
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Birkenbeul. Retrieved November 15, 2019 . 
8. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hamm (Sieg), Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved November 15, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Birkenbeul is now allowed to carry its own coat of arms , AK-Kurier, accessed on September 25, 2012.