Freusburg

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Freusburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 35 "  N , 7 ° 52 ′ 59"  E
Height : 270 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1209  (May 6, 2008)
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 57548
Area code : 02741
Freusburg (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Freusburg

Location of Freusburg in Rhineland-Palatinate

Freusburg is a district and a district of the city of Kirchen (Sieg) in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate . Until 1969 Freusburg was an independent municipality.

The place is named after Freusburg Castle . It lies between Mudersbach and Kirchen on the right or north of the Sieg . Freusburg consists of the old village of Freusburg around the castle of the same name, now a youth hostel , the Freusburg-Struth development area and the Backhaus district, which is south of the Sieg River.

history

For the first time Freusburg was mentioned in the year 913 under the name "Fruodeesbraderofanc" ( Bifanc on the Fruodberg). Bifanc means estate or manor. The first documented entry dates from 1048. It is estimated that the actual castle was built around 1100. In earlier times the place ( Vroitzburg ) had a high court .

On June 7, 1969, the previously independent community of Freusburg, with a population of 1,187 at that time, was incorporated into Kirchen (Sieg).

politics

Local advisory board

Freusburg is designated as a local district of the city of Kirchen (Sieg) and has a local advisory board and an honorary mayor .

Since the last election, the local council has consisted of eight local council members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , these advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation.

The distribution of seats in the elected local council:

choice SPD CDU FDP total
2019 3 3 2 8 seats
2014 4th 3 - 7 seats

Mayor

Mayor is Michael Bauer (FDP). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he prevailed against the previous incumbent Sibylle Braß (SPD) with a share of the vote of 52.32%.

Transport links

  • Rail transport
Freusburg has a same train breakpoint on the win range , which by the features of the lines RB90 ( Westerwald-win-path ) Kreuztal - Siegen Drugs (Sieg) - Au (win) - Altenkirchen (Westerwald) - Hachenburg - Nistertal / Bad Marienberg - Westerburg - Diez Ost- Limburg an der Lahn as well as the line RB93 ( Rothaarbahn ) Bad Berleburg- Kreuztal-Siegen- Betzdorf (Sieg) of the Hessische Landesbahn HLB, Dreiländerbahn area is served every hour in both directions according to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle .
  • Road traffic
Freusburg is on the B 62 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 11 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
  2. ↑ Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 182 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
  3. ^ City of churches (Sieg): main statute. (PDF) § 14 and 17. Stadt Kirchen, June 25, 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Freusburg Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council Election 2014 Freusburg. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see churches (Sieg), Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Peter Seel: Two mayors in churches new: strange constellations. Rhein-Zeitung, May 28, 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 .