Gierschnach

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Coat of arms of the local community Gierschnach
Gierschnach
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Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 21'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Mayen-Koblenz
Association municipality : Maifeld
Height : 170 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.27 km 2
Residents: 267 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56294
Area code : 02605
License plate : MYK, MY
Community key : 07 1 37 030
Association administration address: Marktplatz 4
56751 Polch
Website : www.gierschnach.de
Local Mayor : Manfred Görgen
Location of the local community Gierschnach in the Mayen-Koblenz district
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Gierschnach is a municipality in the Mayen-Koblenz district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Maifeld Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Polch .

geography

The place is northwest of Münstermaifeld on the road to Gappenach . The village of Gierschnach has won several prizes in the competition “ Our village should be more beautiful ”.

history

Gierschnach was first mentioned in a document as Girsnack in 1208 , when Sayn Abbey reported ownership there. In 1224 the Marienberg ( Boppard ) monastery was also wealthy there. In 1563 the village included eight fireplaces under the name Girschnach 16 and 1684 . Wonderfully country they belonged to the late 18th century to the Electorate of Trier and the administration was under the Office Münster-Maienfeld . Gierschnach, formerly also called Girschenach , was the seat of a Heimburger in the Münster-Maienfeld High Court .

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 140
1835 105
1871 128
1905 135
1939 111
1950 138
year Residents
1961 93
1970 87
1987 74
1997 233
2005 272
2019 267

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Manfred Görgen became mayor of Gierschnach in 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 82.76%.

coat of arms

Gierschnach coat of arms
 Blazon : “Under a silver shield head, inside a red bar cross, split; in front, in blue, a slanted golden bishop's staff covered with a golden miter ; rear twelve-fold of silver and red stand. "

Gierschnach has had the coat of arms since 1963.

Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms in the left column indicates the Walpoden of Gierschnach. Miter and crosier refer to the local chapel patron St. Nicholas.

See also

literature

  • Hardt Albert, Mittelrheinische Regesten, Wiesbaden 1999

Web links

Commons : Gierschnach  - 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. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, pp. 144, 155, 210.
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  4. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Maifeld, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Accessed January 21, 2020 .