Freilingen (Westerwald)

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Coat of arms of the local community in Freilingen
Freilingen (Westerwald)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 34 '  N , 7 ° 50'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Selters (Westerwald)
Height : 379 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.68 km 2
Residents: 669 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 182 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56244
Area code : 02666
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 018
Association administration address: Am Saynbach 5–7
56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Local Mayor : Thomas Kloft
Location of the local community of Freilingen in the Westerwaldkreis
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House of the municipal administration

Freilingen (dialect: Frälinge ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . The community belongs to the Selters (Westerwald) community and is a state-approved resort .

Geographical location

Freilingen is located in the Westerwald between Hachenburg in the north, Westerburg in the east, Montabaur in the south and the Selters located about 7 km southwest . It is located directly south of the Westerwald lakes , a popular holiday and recreation area with the nearby Postweiher (Freilinger Weiher).

Almost 2 km east-south-east of the village, there has been an observation tower on the Helleberg ( 491  m above sea  level ) with a view of the Westerwald, among other things , since 1998 .

history

Freilingen was first mentioned in 1034 as Vriligoim . In 1611 there is evidence of a mill in Freilingen. The place was at an important intersection of the Hohen Strasse with a connection leading from the Rhine over the Hohen Westerwald to the Dill . As early as 1612 there was a post station on the Antwerp - Liège - Cologne - Frankfurt am Main line , because the town was roughly 82 kilometers away from Cologne and Frankfurt. At times 30 to 40 horses were available here to be changed for carriages and dispatch riders. In 1675, Duke Charles of Lothringen set up a headquarters for the imperial troops in Freilingen. The post office, built in 1780 and adorned with a post rider carved in red sandstone, was demolished in 1952.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 266
1835 317
1871 333
1905 404
1939 420
1950 485
year Residents
1961 466
1970 521
1987 536
1997 712
2005 687
2019 669

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

In March 2011 Thomas Kloft was elected to succeed the late mayor Gudrun Eichelhardt. In the 2014 local elections he was confirmed in office with 78 percent and in the 2019 local elections with 80.92 percent of the votes cast.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split of red and silver, on the right a golden ear, on the left a black mill wheel above a blue wavy bar."


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See also

literature

  • Community of Freilingen (ed.): 950 years of Freilingen. Freilingen community, Freilingen 1984 (anniversary book).
  • Gerhard Schiller: The ban Maxsain in the 16th century. The effect of aristocratic competition on everyday rural life in the Westerwald in the early modern period . Schiller, Münster (Westphalia) 2004, ISBN 3-00-013247-3 .

Web links

Commons : Freilingen  - 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. ^ Hermann Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as Ortneckereien ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 2010, page 16 (PDF; 132 kB)
  3. ↑ a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ↑ See Daniel Schneider: Das Mühlengewerbe in der Grafschaft Sayn-Altenkirchen , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 59 (2016), p. 223.
  5. ^ Hermann Josef Roth : The Westerwald. DuMont, Cologne 1981, ISBN 3-7701-1198-2 , p. 55.
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  7. ^ Rhein-Zeitung of March 27, 2011
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections