Freirachdorf

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Selters (Westerwald)
Height :	270 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.28 km 2
Residents:	626 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	146 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56244
Area code :	02680
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 019
Association administration address:	Am Saynbach 5–7 56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Website :	www.freirachdorf-aktuell.de
Local Mayor :	Hans-Peter Lever
Location of the local community Freirachdorf in the Westerwaldkreis

View over Freirachdorf

Freirachdorf (dialect: Fraerachdorw ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Selters (Westerwald) . Freirachdorf is a state-approved resort .

geography

Freirachdorf is one kilometer from Herschbach and seven kilometers from Selters (Westerwald) .

The Birkenhof and Nadelkauter-Mühle residential areas belong to the community .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1190. At that time, a Rorich von Rechdorf was mentioned, who named himself after his seat in Freirachdorf.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 213 1835 235 1871 274 1905 311 1939 467 1950 532

year Residents 1961 533 1970 564 1987 572 1997 649 2005 682 2017 651

religion

Evangelical parish church

The place Freirachdorf is evangelical and there is a Protestant parish.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Freirachdorf 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 the local elections in 2019, Hans-Peter Hebel was elected as the successor to Raimund Schneider with 91.25 percent of the votes cast. Schneider had held the office for 15 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided and split above; on the right a loaded, black cart in silver, on the left in blue a black studded and lace-up silver bell, below in gold a black, three-stemmed, green-leafed tree with roots. "

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

• Bicycle manufacturer Müsing

traffic

• The federal road 413 , which leads from Bendorf to Hachenburg , runs southwest of the municipality .
• The next motorway junction is " Dierdorf " on the federal motorway 3 .
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Freirachdorf
• List of natural monuments in Freirachdorf

Web links

Commons : Freirachdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Freirachdorf
• Local community Freirachdorf on the website of the Selters (Westerwald) community
• Short portrait of Freirachdorf on SWR television

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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 50 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ Andreas Egenolf: Freirachdorf wants to build its own solar park: million dollar project planned on the B 413. Westerwälder Zeitung, April 1, 2019, accessed on June 10, 2020 .