Spessart (Brohltal)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '  N , 7 ° 7'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Brohl valley
Height :	500 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.72 km 2
Residents:	786 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	90 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56746
Area code :	02655
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 208
Community structure:	4 districts
Association administration address:	Kapellenstrasse 12 56651 Niederzissen
Website :	www.spessart-brohltal.de
Local Mayor :	Frank Klapperich ( SPD )
Location of the local community Spessart in the district of Ahrweiler

Spessart is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Brohltal community , which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen .

geography

The Brohlbach rises in the Hannebach district . From here it flows through the Brohl valley and flows into the Rhine at Brohl-Lützing . The rare mineral Hannebachite can be found in the former “Hannebacher Ley” quarry .

Hannebach

The community consists of the villages and hamlets Spessart, Hannebach, Wollscheid and Heulingshof.

history

The Spessart district belonged to the Kempenich rule until the end of the 18th century , the Hannebach and Wollscheid districts to the Olbrück rule .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 323 1835 436 1871 439 1905 458 1939 538 1950 540 1961 575

year Residents 1970 656 1987 660 1997 744 2005 758 2011 756 2017 772 2019 786

politics

Municipal council

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

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	5	3	4th	12 seats
2014	5	4th	3	12 seats
2009	5	4th	3	12 seats
2004	3	4th	5	12 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Spessart e. V.

mayor

Frank Klapperich (SPD) became local mayor of Spessart on September 7, 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with a share of 84.42% of the votes.

Klapperich's predecessor Christel Groß (FWG) held the office until 2009.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “By a black and silver wavy bar diagonally left divided by silver and green, at the top two floating bar crosses touching one another diagonally to the left, red and black, at the bottom growing from the shield edge four silver hexagonal columns staggered to the left, the fourth slightly smaller than the third. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The two, red and black, crosses in silver stand for the centuries-long association of Spessart with Kurtrier (red) and Kurköln (black), the wavy bar symbolizes the Brohlbach, and the hexagonal columns the “Hannebacher Ley” quarry; the color green stands for the abundance of forests and meadows.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Spessart

Web links

Commons : Spessart  - Collection of Images

• SWR report on the theme week "City, Country, Escape" - Country Life 4.0 in Spessart ( Memento from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
• Literature about Spessart in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 10 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved December 13, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ↑ ^{a b} 1st meeting of the Spessart municipal council. In: Council and Citizen Information System. Verbandsgemeindeverwaltung Brohltal, September 7, 2009, accessed on August 4, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer for Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Brohltal, Verbandsgemeinde, 13th line of results. Retrieved August 4, 2020 . 
7. ↑ FWG Spessart relies on continuity - Christel Groß seeks re-election. In: www.brohltal-info24.de. Thola Media UG, Burgbrohl, May 7, 2009, accessed on August 4, 2020 .