Deesen

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Coat of arms of the local community Deesen
Deesen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Ransbach-Baumbach
Height : 229 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.39 km 2
Residents: 668 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 197 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56237
Area code : 02626
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 009
Association administration address: Rheinstrasse 50
56235 Ransbach-Baumbach
Website : www.deesen.de
Local Mayor : vacant (Armin Hoffmann, First Alderman)
Location of the local community Deesen in the Westerwaldkreis
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Deesen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ransbach-Baumbach community .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen on the edge of the Rhine-Westerwald nature park . The Saynbach , which belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Rhine , flows through the municipality.

history

Old school

The village was first mentioned in 1218 as Desene , when Burgrave Heinrich von Isenburg gave the Rommersdorf Abbey a light interest . In 1271 the Rommersdorf Abbey sold various goods to Hermann von Desene in Deesen. In 1531 the Mant von Limbach had a farm in Deesen. It was in Isenburg until 1664, then in Electorate of Trier , from 1803 on in Nassau . In 1866 the village became part of Prussia . The customs and ban inn in the Deesen district is mentioned in 1667 and 1723. The old school is a listed building .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Deesen consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The twelve seats are divided between two groups of voters . In the previous elections, the council members were elected by majority vote.

mayor

After the resignation of the local mayor, Armin Hoffmann is the first deputy to lead the office until the new election and the inauguration of a successor.

Günter Kuhn became the local mayor of Deesen on June 26, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 77.33 percent of the votes cast. In mid-June 2020, however, Kuhn announced that he would be stepping down on June 30, 2020 for personal reasons.

Kuhn's predecessor was Klemens Lahr.

coat of arms

Deesen coat of arms
 Blazon : “In silver, acontinuous red cross offsetupwards and to the right , covered by a two-arched, silver-jointed black bridge in the area of ​​the shield base, the right arch of which reveals the lowest part of the cross beam. On the left cross arm of the cross, hung in the form of a pub sign, a black sign with a golden jug inside. "

traffic

The A 3 with the Ransbach-Baumbach junction (AS 38) is seven kilometers away. The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line , which runs directly through the community. The Deesen tunnel bears the name of the municipality.

Personalities

See also

Web links

Commons : Deesen  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ Stephanie Kühr: New elections this year: Two Haiderbach local mayors resign. Westerwälder Zeitung, June 16, 2020, accessed on June 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b WW-Kurier: New local mayor and local council in Deesen. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, July 10, 2019, accessed on June 27, 2020 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections