Gollenberg (near Birkenfeld)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ' N , 7 ° 10' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Birch field | |
Association municipality : | Birch field | |
Height : | 512 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 3.25 km 2 | |
Residents: | 116 (December 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 36 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 55767 | |
Area code : | 06782 | |
License plate : | BIR | |
Community key : | 07 1 34 031 | |
Association administration address: | Schneewiesenstrasse 21 55765 Birkenfeld |
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Local Mayor : | Ralf Simon | |
Location of the local community of Gollenberg in the Birkenfeld district | ||
Gollenberg is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Birkenfeld community .
geography
The village is on the edge of the Black Forest high forest in the Hunsrück . To the south are Birkenfeld and Ellenberg , west Rinzenberg and north is Oberhambach .
history
Gollenberg was first mentioned in 1415 as "Gulderberg". In the 1920s, pyrite was mined near the town , but mining was soon stopped again. From 1934 to 1952 Gollenberg and neighboring were Ellenberg combined in the municipality Gollenberg-Ellenberg.
- Population development
The development of the population of Gollenberg, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The council in Gollenberg 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.
coat of arms
The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In the obliquely left divided shield, red and silver sheathed in front, behind a golden three-mountain in green."
The golden Dreiberg symbolizes the place name ( talking coat of arms ), the checkerboard pattern reminds of the former affiliation to the Hinteren Grafschaft Sponheim . The coat of arms was approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior in 1963 .
Economy and Infrastructure
The federal highway 269 runs in the west and the federal highway 62 in the south . In Neubrücke there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .
people
- Otto Dreyer (1903–1986), politician (NSDAP)
- Walter Beyer (1920–2012), economist, civil servant and local politician (SPD)
Web links
- Local community Gollenberg on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Birkenfeld
- Short portrait with a film about Gollenberg on SWR television
- Literature about Gollenberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections