Dreifelden
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Coordinates: 50 ° 35 ' N , 7 ° 50' E |
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State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Westerwaldkreis | |
Association municipality : | Hachenburg | |
Height : | 416 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 5.1 km 2 | |
Residents: | 250 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 49 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 57629 | |
Area code : | 02666 | |
License plate : | WW | |
Community key : | 07 1 43 215 | |
Association administration address: | Gartenstrasse 11 57627 Hachenburg |
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Local Mayor : | Ralf Scheffler | |
Location of the local community Dreifelden in the Westerwaldkreis | ||
Dreifelden is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hachenburg community .
Geographical location
On the southern border of the Hachenburg community, in the northwestern part of the Westerwaldkreis , the village of Dreifelden is located on the largest lake in the Westerwald lake district , the Dreifelder Weiher . Neighboring towns are Linden in the northeast , Freilingen and Steinen in the south and southwest and Steinebach an der Wied in the northwest .
history
Dreifelden was mentioned for the first time in 1319.
The center of the village is the Trinity Church , one of the oldest stone churches in the Westerwald. The beginnings go back to the early Romanesque period around the year 1000, although the church was used as a pilgrimage church until the Reformation. The place name Dreifelden may have been derived from their name.
- Population development
The development of the population of Dreifelden, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Dreifelden consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Until 2009, the council had eight council members.
mayor
Ralf Scheffler became the local mayor of Dreifelden in summer 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 80.70% of the vote.
Scheffler's predecessors were Günter Dapprich and Jürgen Licht.
coat of arms
The blazon reads: “A curved blue tip in gold, inside: a silver wavy strip, above it a silver church, below it a silver fish; in front three red diagonal left bars, behind three red diagonal right bars. "
traffic
Dreifelden is connected to the regional transport network via the B 8 . The main road connects the place with the middle centers Hachenburg (eleven kilometers) and Altenkirchen (26 kilometers). The autobahn connections of the A 3 Ransbach-Baumbach and Dierdorf can be reached via the B 8 / B 413 . The Hennef-Ost junction of the A 560 (AS 60) can be reached directly via the B 8.
panorama
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved June 6, 2020 .
- ^ Nadja Hoffmann-Heidrich: Primary elections in the Verbandsgemeinde Hachenburg. Westerwälder Zeitung, April 30, 2019, accessed on June 6, 2020 .
- ↑ WW-Kurier: The Westerwaldkreis has voted. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, May 25, 2014, accessed on June 6, 2020 .