Herkersdorf

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Herkersdorf
Coordinates: 50 ° 48 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 54 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 298 m
Area : 4 km²
Residents : 992  (May 6, 2008)
Population density : 248 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 57548
Area code : 02741
Herkersdorf (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Herkersdorf

Location of Herkersdorf in Rhineland-Palatinate

Herkersdorf is a district and a district of the city of Kirchen (Sieg) in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in northern Rhineland-Palatinate on the border with North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1969, Herkersdorf was an independent municipality.

geography

Herkersdorf is located at the foot of the Druidenstein , a legendary basalt cone at an altitude of 457 m, known far beyond the state's borders , in a quiet, wooded, picturesque landscape of the Westerwald and Siegerland , between Sieg and Heller . The village itself is 330 m above sea level.

history

According to old traditions, Celtic priests are said to have built a place of worship on the Druid Stone in pre-Christian times. The Germanic goddess Herka may have been worshiped at this sacrificial site, which can be linked to the current place name Herkersdorf (Herka).

The Ottoturm has stood on a ridge opposite the Druidenstein since 1911 (renovation 2010).

On June 7, 1969, the previously independent community of Herkersdorf, with 497 inhabitants at the time, was incorporated into Kirchen (Sieg).

politics

Herkersdorf - together with Offhausen - has been designated as a local district of the city of Kirchen (Sieg) since 2019 and has a local advisory board and an honorary mayor .

On December 12, 2018, the Churches City Council decided to unite the two previous districts of Herkersdorf and Offhausen into one local district after the 2019 local elections. Both local councils had previously unanimously approved the merger.

Since the merger, the local council has consisted of nine local council members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , these advisory board members were elected by majority vote. The former local advisory council of the independent Herkersdorf district, which existed until 2019, had seven advisory council members.

The mayor is Gerd Schmidt (CDU). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a vote of 80.03% in the merged new local district. He was previously mayor of Herkersdorf.

Culture

Herkersdorf is characterized by an extensive network of clubs and craftsmen. The Herkersdorfer Carnevals Club (HCC) is known beyond the country's borders. For example, the existing dance groups in the club have already won national trophies. In the 1950s, the place was known for its historical open-air plays, with the income from which the construction of the Holy Cross Church was made possible.

Web links

Commons : Herkersdorf  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of churches (Sieg): Herkersdorf. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  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. 182 (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 churches (Sieg): main statute. (PDF) § 14 and 17. Stadt Kirchen, June 25, 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Current - Bulletin for the VG Kirchen (Sieg): 4th statute to amend the main statute of the city of churches from July 24, 2014. (PDF) Edition 15/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, April 3, 2019, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Claudia Geimer: City council churches stop merging: Wehbach and Wingendorf remain "independent". (PDF) Rhein-Zeitung, December 14, 2018, accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Herkersdorf / Offhausen Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
  7. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Kirchen (Sieg): local advisory board Herkersdorf 2014. Accessed on November 16, 2019 .
  8. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see churches (Sieg), Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .