Oaks (Westerwald)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	275 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.27 km 2
Residents:	544 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	127 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57632
Area code :	02685
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 023
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen-flammersfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Dennis Kolb
Location of the local community Eichen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Eichen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

geography

The local community is located in the Westerwald between Flammersfeld and Horhausen ; Neighboring communities are Rott in the northwest and Oberlahr in the southwest.

Oak trees (Westerwald), aerial photo (2018)

The district of Gollershoben belongs to oaks .

history

Eichen belonged to the county of Sayn-Hachenburg and the parish of Flammersfeld until 1806 . The county of Sayn-Hachenburg fell to the princes of Nassau-Weilburg by inheritance in 1799 . In 1806 the two Nassau princes joined the Napoleonic Rhine Confederation , so that from 1806 the region belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . A participant in the Congress of Vienna made (1815) agreements, the territory of the former saynischen counties was to the Kingdom of Prussia ceded .

Under the Prussian administration, Eichen was assigned to the Flammersfeld mayor in the newly established Altenkirchen district , which belonged to the Rhine Province from 1822 onwards.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 150 1835 197 1871 320 1905 341 1939 324

year Residents 1950 392 1961 386 1970 433 1987 429 2005 577

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Eichen consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Dennis Kolb became the local mayor of Eichen on August 10, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with a share of the vote of 66.67%. Dennis Kolb's predecessor was Peter Enders , who held the office for 20 years.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Eichen (Westerwald)
• List of natural monuments in oaks (Westerwald)

Web links

Commons : oak trees  - collection of images

• Local community Eichen on the website of the Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Eichen. Retrieved January 4, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved January 4, 2020 .