Flammersfeld

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Flammersfeld (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	270 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.06 km 2
Residents:	1356 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	334 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57632
Area code :	02685
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 032
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.gemeinde-flammersfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Manfred Berger
Location of the local community Flammersfeld in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Flammersfeld is a municipality in the Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld community in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . Flammersfeld is a state-approved resort and designated as a basic center according to state planning .

Flammersfeld, aerial photo (2018)

Community structure

The districts of Ahlbach and Hoben belong to the local community of Flammersfeld .

history

Flammersfeld was the first time in a document from Cologne Archbishop Hermann III. von Hochstaden mentioned when on December 13, 1096 he awarded the Siegburg Abbey the "Dean's Office in Auelgau" together with goods from Flammersfeld.

Flammersfeld belonged to the county of Sayn-Hachenburg 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, Flammersfeld was assigned the administrative seat of a mayor's office of the same name in the newly established Altenkirchen district , which from 1822 on belonged to the Rhine Province .

The previously independent municipality of Ahlbach was incorporated in 1939.

Until December 31, 2019, Flammersfeld was the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Flammersfeld, which emerged from the former Flammersfeld office in 1968 as part of the first regional reform in Rhineland-Palatinate . In 2020, this merged into the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld as part of a voluntary merger. Altenkirchen was the seat of the new association, and an additional administrative office was agreed for Flammersfeld.

Population development

The development of the population of Flammersfeld in relation to today's municipality area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 229 1835 341 1871 388 1905 458 1939 522 1950 714 1961 803

year Residents 1970 900 1987 1,039 1997 1,262 2005 1,128 2011 1.310 2017 1,332

Population development of Flammersfeld from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Flammersfeld consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	Flat share	total
2019	7th	-	9	16 seats
2014	7th	-	9	16 seats
2009	6th	10	-	16 seats
2004	7th	9	-	16 seats

WG = voter group; 2014: WG Becker, 2019: WG Kuchhäuser

mayor

Manfred Berger became the mayor of Flammersfeld on July 5, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 59.55% of the vote. Manfred Berger's predecessor was Hella Becker, who held the office for 20 years.

Attractions

• The Raiffeisenhaus was the place of activity of Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen from 1848 to 1852 and is now a museum.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Flammersfeld
• List of natural monuments in Flammersfeld

Sports

• Flammersfeld has a sports club, VfL Oberlahr / Flammersfeld. The most popular sport is soccer. The first team plays in the 2010/2011 season in the district league B, the second team in the district league D. There are also youth teams in all age groups.
• Taekwon-Do, children's gymnastics and athletics are also offered.

traffic

Flammersfeld is on the trunk roads B 256 and L 272 as well as on the district roads K 8 and K 9.

The two bus lines in the VRM 120 Altenkirchen-Neustadt and 132 Altenkirchen-Neuwied ensure the connection to the local public transport system.

In addition, there was a train station in Flammersfeld on the Engers – Au railway line , where the Kasbachtalbahn branched off.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Andreas Balzar (called Balzar von Flammersfeld , 1769–1797) poachers, robbers and irregulars in the fight against the French
• Emil Müller (1890–1967), politician (SPD), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate, mayor of the community
• Emil Bettgenhäuser (1906–1982), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Rhineland-Palatinate State
• W. Gies (* 1945), visual artist

Personalities who have worked on site

• Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), founder of the cooperative movement , mayor of Flammersfeld from 1848

Web links

Commons : Flammersfeld  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Flammersfeld
• Local community Flammersfeld on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
• Short portrait of Ahlbach with a film on SWR television

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ Christian von Stramberg , Anton Joseph Weidenbach : Memorable and Useful Rheinischer Antiquarius , Volume 10, Part 3, RF Hergt, 1864, p. 203 ( Google Books )
4. ↑ Thorben Burbach: Common feast day for the 600th anniversary. August 6, 2011, accessed January 4, 2020 . 
5. ^ Verbandsgemeinden Altenkirchen and Flammersfeld: Agreement on the voluntary merger. §1 (2). January 17, 2018, accessed January 4, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2019 Flammersfeld. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Information sheet Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen: New tip in the municipality of Flammersfeld. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, edition 29/2019, accessed on December 31, 2019 .