Giershofen

Giershofen City of Dierdorf Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '17 " N , 7 ° 39' 45" E
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.31 km²
Residents :	769 (Apr 30, 2014)
Population density :	145 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	7th June 1969
Postal code :	56269
Area code :	02689
Location of Giershofen in Rhineland-Palatinate

Giershofen is a district of Dierdorf in the district of Neuwied in northern Rhineland-Palatinate with an area of 531 ha and 769 inhabitants (as of April 30, 2014).

Giershofen, aerial photo (2016)

location

Giershofen is located in the Niederwesterwald predominantly on the left bank of the Holzbach creek south and above the city center of Dierdorf. To the east of Giershofen and a little further up is the Brückrachdorf district on the right side of the stream. The Ölsbach flows through Giershofen from the left to the Holzbach, which emerges a little southwest of the outskirts from its upper reaches Ochsenbruchbach and Neuwiesengraben at the last of the Roth ponds, the larger of which are crossed by the right Neuwiesengraben on the main line.

history

The first settlement in this area took place as early as the Middle Bronze Age (1550–1200 BC). This is confirmed by discovered during the construction of the highway (1937-1939) tumuli between greed Hofen and Großmaischeid .

In a document from Archbishop Philip I of Cologne from 1173, the place was called "Gyselbrechtencoven". In a document from 1344, according to which Count Wilhelm I von Wied and Isenburg (1324-1383) sold his possessions in the Dierdorfer Land to the Trier Archbishop and Elector Baldwin of Luxembourg , the place is called "Gieselbrechtinchofen". "Giselbrechting" means "son of Gieselbrecht", so a son of a Gieselbrecht had his court here.

Later names are "Gyselbrechtischoven", "Gisebrechtshofen", "Greshouen" and 1647 "Kirschhofen" until "Schowen", which is still used today in the local dialect, was popularly used.

The "Rother Hof", which belongs to Giershofen today, was mentioned in a document in 1226 as "Rode" and belonged to the Rommersdorf Abbey .

A great conflagration in 1730 destroyed almost the whole village, in 1897 a part of the village was again destroyed by fire.

Incorporation

As part of the regional reform in Rhineland-Palatinate, which took effect on June 7, 1969 , the previously independent local community of Giershofen was incorporated into the city of Dierdorf and has been a district of Dierdorf ever since.

politics

District

According to the main statute, the district of Giershofen is a local district of the city of Dierdorf and has its own local advisory council and a local councilor .

Local advisory board

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

The distribution of seats in the local advisory board:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGH	total
2019	-	5	2	7 seats
2014	-	5	2	7 seats
2009	-	4th	3	7 seats
2004	1	4th	2	7 seats

WG = voter group

Mayor

Wilfried Ehrenstein (CDU) became mayor of Giershofen on July 14, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 55.78%. Wilfried Ehrenstein's predecessor was Helmut Neuer.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes in the Diocese of Trier , Bischöfliches General-Vicariate, 1887, p. 530
↑ 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. 174 (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.
^ City of Dierdorf: main statute. § 2. December 18, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Giershofen. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2014 Giershofen. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Giershofen local council election 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2004 Giershofen. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
^ Constituent meeting of the Giershofen district council. NR-Kurier, July 17, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2020 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Dierdorf, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .

[1] Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes in the Diocese of Trier , Bischöfliches General-Vicariate, 1887, p. 530

[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. 174 (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 Dierdorf: main statute. § 2. December 18, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2020 .

[4] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Giershofen. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .

[5] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2014 Giershofen. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .

[6] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Giershofen local council election 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .

[7] The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council election 2004 Giershofen. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .

[8] Constituent meeting of the Giershofen district council. NR-Kurier, July 17, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2020 .

[9] The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Dierdorf, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .