Dreifelden

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Coat of arms of the local community Dreifelden
Dreifelden
Map of Germany, position of the municipality Dreifelden highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 50'  E

Basic data
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
Website : www.hachenburg-vg.de
Local Mayor : Ralf Scheffler
Location of the local community Dreifelden in the Westerwaldkreis
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Dreifelden, aerial photo (2016)

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:

year Residents
1815 145
1835 188
1871 166
1905 152
1939 148
1950 182
year Residents
1961 183
1970 212
1987 201
1997 310
2005 314
2019 250

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

Panorama Dreifelder Weiher

See also

Web links

Commons : Dreifelden  - Collection of Images

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 - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved June 6, 2020 .
  5. ^ Nadja Hoffmann-Heidrich: Primary elections in the Verbandsgemeinde Hachenburg. Westerwälder Zeitung, April 30, 2019, accessed on June 6, 2020 .
  6. WW-Kurier: The Westerwaldkreis has voted. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, May 25, 2014, accessed on June 6, 2020 .