Holler (Westerwald)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Montabaur
Height :	255 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.54 km 2
Residents:	1006 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	222 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56412
Area code :	02602
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 033
Association administration address:	Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8 ; 56410 Montabaur
Website :	www.vg-montabaur.de
Local Mayor :	Uwe Meyer
Location of the local community Holler in the Westerwaldkreis

Old School and the Church of St. Margaretha

Holler 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 .

history

Holler was first mentioned in a document in 1228 in the Oculus Memoriae of the Eberbach monastery .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Holler consists of 16 council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Uwe Meyer became local mayor of Holler in the summer of 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 86.92%.

Meyer's predecessor in office was Margret Flosdorf.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: Holler's territorial affiliation is symbolized by the coat of arms in the paws of the lion ( Kurtrier ) and the golden lion on a blue background ( Nassau ). Abundance of water and mills are shown in the local coat of arms by the wavy bar. The color green stands for agriculture and forest. The former branch church venues are represented in the local coat of arms by the seven golden clapboards. As a symbol for the church patroness St. Margaretha, the golden dragon with the sword is in the coat of arms.

Culture and sights

See list of cultural monuments in Holler (Westerwald)

traffic

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

Sons and daughters of the church

Heinrich Roth (1889–1955), Mayor of Montabaur, district administrator, member of the Reichstag
Ernst-Ewald Roth (* 1953), politician and theologian, member of the Hessian state parliament in Wiesbaden

Web links

Commons : Holler - Collection of Images

The local community Holler on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
↑ Pictures from 2014 - local elections. Uwe Meyer - New local mayor of Holler. Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur, accessed on June 20, 2020 .
^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Montabaur, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
↑ Thorsten Ferdinand: Residents angry: Trouble about parking in the winter months. Westerwälder Zeitung, February 7, 2019, accessed on June 20, 2020 .

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

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

[3] Pictures from 2014 - local elections. Uwe Meyer - New local mayor of Holler. Verbandsgemeinde Montabaur, accessed on June 20, 2020 .

[4] The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Montabaur, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .

[5] Thorsten Ferdinand: Residents angry: Trouble about parking in the winter months. Westerwälder Zeitung, February 7, 2019, accessed on June 20, 2020 .