Hahn am See

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Wallmerod
Height :	404 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.7 km 2
Residents:	393 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	106 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56244
Area code :	06435
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 232
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	; Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website :	www.hahn-am-see.de
Mayoress :	Doris Frink
Location of the local community Hahn am See in the Westerwaldkreis

Hahn am See is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

geography

The community is located in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg .

Niederhahn is a district.

history

Hahn am See, which was first mentioned as Hane as early as 1374 , is located on one of the oldest streets in Germany. The " Hohe Straße ", today's B 8 , can be traced back to the pre-Christian migration.

When there was a great water shortage in 1870, a pipe well was built to supply the population at that time, which was fed by a natural spring. The old fountain column has been preserved to this day and continues to donate its cool water.

On May 1, 1980, the community was renamed from "Hahn bei Wallmerod" to "Hahn am See".

Population development

The development of the population of Hahn am See in relation to today's municipal area; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	291
1835	332
1871	338
1905	332
1939	364

year	Residents
1950	384
1961	359
1970	445
1987	432
2005	430

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Hahn am See consists of eight council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Doris Frink became mayor of Hahn am See on August 13, 2019. Since there were no applicants in the direct election on May 26, 2019, they were elected by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations.

Frink's predecessor Thomas Klein did not run again after ten years in office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Late Gothic round shield, above a blue wave shield foot in silver a continuous red cross, covered with a golden clover stick, at the bottom of the cross base two green ears of wheat at an angle to the right and to the left."

Parish partnership

There is a partnership-like friendship with the French community of Le Verger , which is maintained by one of the sponsors.

Culture and sights

The center of the village is characterized by the more than 100 year old village linden tree and the listed church , built in 1726 in the Baroque style .

traffic

Hahn am See is served by the Rhein-Mosel-Bus line 116 (Montabaur - Westerburg - Rennerod).
The next possible connections to rail traffic are the Westerburg and Langenhahn stations on the Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn, RB 90 ( Limburg (Lahn) - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Nistertal / Bad Marienberg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au (Sieg) - Kirchen (Sieg ) - Siegen ), this is operated on behalf of the Zweckverband SPNV Nord according to the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle .

Web links

Commons : Hahn am See - Collection of images

The local community Hahn am See on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Wallmerod
Literature about Hahn am See in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 80 (PDF; 3 MB).
↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ ^a ^b Thomas Klein: Mayor retrospect. In: We about us - Wallmerod Association, Edition 32/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
↑ Angela Baumeier: Local chief thinks her honorary position is mega: Doris Frink has an open ear for all residents. Westerwälder Zeitung, October 7, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 80 (PDF; 3 MB).

[3] Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).

[regionaldaten-4] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

[5] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[Klein_2019-6] Thomas Klein: Mayor retrospect. In: We about us - Wallmerod Association, Edition 32/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 5, 2020 .

[7] Angela Baumeier: Local chief thinks her honorary position is mega: Doris Frink has an open ear for all residents. Westerwälder Zeitung, October 7, 2019, accessed on July 5, 2020 .

[8] The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .