Huebingen

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Coat of arms of the local community in Hübingen
Huebingen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '  N , 7 ° 51'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Montabaur
Height : 330 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.56 km 2
Residents: 530 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 149 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56412
Area code : 06439
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 036
Association administration address: Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
56410 Montabaur
Website : www.huebingen.de
Local Mayor : Thomas Sanner-Brohl
Location of the local community in Hübingen in the Westerwaldkreis
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Hübingen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Montabaur community .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park . Hübingen lies at the foot of the Fußberg (also called Buchenberg), on the northern slope of which there is a family holiday village. It was built in the 1970s. The Hohentalbach flows through the village .

history

Hübingen was first mentioned in 1347 in a feudal contract for a homestead in Horhausen , which was concluded on August 19, 1347 between the married couple Friedrich and Aleydt von Hübingen and the abbot of the Arnstein monastery , Wilhelm and his convent.

Economically significant in 1786 were a silver mining site, which geologically belonged to a larger mining area in the Gackenbach area, and two slate quarries. The oldest population census from 1563 shows 15 fireplaces for Hübingen, one of 1684 13. 1787 180 inhabitants are guaranteed and in 1818 211 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Hübingen 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

Thomas Sanner-Brohl became mayor of Hübingen in 2014. 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 83.23%.

Sanner-Brohl's predecessor Wilfried Noll held the office from 1999 to 2014.

coat of arms

Huebingen coat of arms
 Blazon : "Split of silver and green, in front a red sheaf, accompanied by a red linden branch, above a red wavy bar, behind a turned golden linden branch, accompanied by a golden chaffinch , above a golden wavy bar."
Justification of the coat of arms: The two branches of the linden tree indicate the patron saint of the community, St. Wendelinus . The sheaf symbolizes agriculture. In the lower part, the halved wavy bar represents the Gelbach and Hohentalbach brooks flowing in the Hubingen district and framing the town . The colors white and red indicate that Huebingen was part of Kurtrier for almost 800 years . The green relates to the abundance of forests in the municipality and the chaffinch to the chaffinch country , as the region around the municipalities of Hübingen, Gackenbach and Horbach is called.

Culture and sights

See the list of cultural monuments in Hübingen

Economy and Infrastructure

The next motorway junction is Montabaur on the A3 Cologne - Frankfurt am Main , about ten kilometers away.

The Hübingen family holiday village is a major employer in the community.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ a b c "About Huebingen" on the pages of the local community Huebingen
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ Pictures from 2014 - local elections. Thomas Sanner-Brohl - the new local mayor of Hübingen. Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur, accessed on June 21, 2020 .
  5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Montabaur, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Markus Müller: Wilfried Noll in portrait. Much has happened in the village in 15 years. Westerwälder Zeitung, January 23, 2018, accessed on June 21, 2020 .