Koenigsee
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Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ N , 11 ° 6 ′ E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Thuringia | |
| County : | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | |
| Fulfilling municipality : | for Allendorf for Bechstedt |
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| Height : | 377 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 103.09 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 7350 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 71 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 07426 | |
| Primaries : | 036739, 036738 | |
| License plate : | SLF, RU | |
| Community key : | 16 0 73 112 | |
| LOCODE : | DE KUN | |
| City structure: | 24 districts | |
City administration address : |
Markt 1 07426 Koenigsee |
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| Mayor : | Marco Waschkowski (independent) | |
| Location of the city of Königsee in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district | ||
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Königsee is a small town in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia , of the same name as the Königsee district. Until December 31, 2018, the city was called Königsee-Rottenbach.
geography
Königsee is located on the north-western border of the district, at an altitude of 377 m above sea level. NHN .
Neighboring communities
Clockwise, starting in the north: Stadtilm , Rudolstadt , Bad Blankenburg , Bechstedt , Allendorf , Sitzendorf , Unterweißbach , Schwarzatal , Großbreitenbach , Ilmenau
City structure
The city is territorially divided into 24 districts:
| district | Districts |
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| Koenigsee |
Königsee, Dörnfeld an der Heide , Garsitz , Horba , Lichta , Oberköditz and Unterköditz as Köditz , Oberschöbling , Unterschöbling |
| Rottenbach |
Rottenbach, Hengelbach , Leutnitz , Milbitz , Paulinzella , Quittelsdorf , Solsdorf , Storchsdorf , Thälendorf |
| Oberhain |
Oberhain, Barigau , Mankenbach , Unterhain |
| Dröbischau |
Dröbischau, Egelsdorf |
history
The city of Königsee-Rottenbach was created on December 31, 2012 through the merger of the previously independent city of Königsee with the municipality of Rottenbach . The name was changed to "Königsee" on January 1, 2019 with the incorporation of Dröbischau and Oberhain . Since then, Königsee has also been a fulfilling community for Allendorf and Bechstedt .
politics
Municipal council
The first municipal council election on April 14, 2013 and the election on May 26, 2019 led to the following results:
| Parties and constituencies | 2013 | 2019 | |||
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| % | Seats | % | Seats | ||
| IWW FW | IWW-Free Voters Königsee (-Rottenbach) | 23.5 | 5 | 21.1 | 4th |
| TK | Team Königsee | - | - | 18.0 | 4th |
| FWG | Free voter community Königsee (-Rottenbach) | 22.9 | 4th | 16.9 | 3 |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 21.6 | 4th | 14.2 | 3 |
| UWGK | Independent voter community Königsee | 8.0 | 2 | 11.6 | 2 |
| LEFT | Left open list / The Left | 8.9 | 2 | 8.5 | 2 |
| WG FFW | Volunteer Fire Brigade voter group | 4.6 | 1 | 5.8 | 1 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 4.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 5.8 | 1 | - | - |
| total | 100.0 | 20th | 100.0 | 20th | |
| Voter turnout in% | 66.2 | 62.5 | |||
mayor
In the first mayoral election after the new community was founded, Volker Stein, who was not part of the party, won the second ballot on April 28, 2013 with 53.8% of the valid votes cast. In the election on March 31, 2019, Marco Waschkowski (independent) won the first ballot with 51.9% of the valid votes cast. He took office on May 1, 2019.
Town twinning
The twin cities of Königsee are Erbach (Odenwald) in Hesse and Hirson in the French region of Hauts-de-France .
City friendships are cultivated with Ansião in Portugal, Jičín in the Czech Republic and Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin (Isère) in France, who in turn are siblings with Erbach, and with Nagykanizsa in Hungary, which is also Hirson's twin town; friendly relations also exist with Pulheim near Cologne.
economy
A company based in Königsee is SAMAG Truck Components GmbH, a subsidiary of SAMAG Saalfelder Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH from Saalfeld .
traffic
Königsee lies with the Rottenbach and Paulinzella railway stations on the Arnstadt – Saalfeld railway line . Furthermore, the Schwarzatalbahn branches off in the Rottenbach district . The Köditzberg – Königsee railway line , however, has been closed.
Personalities
- Volkmar Kühn (born July 27, 1942 in Königsee), sculptor
Individual evidence
- ^ Population of the municipalities from the Thuringian State Office for Statistics ( help on this ).
- ↑ a b City council election Königsee-Rottenbach 2013. (PDF) wahlen.thueringen.de, accessed on July 31, 2019 .
- ↑ a b City Council Election Königsee 2019. wahlen.thueringen.de, accessed on July 31, 2019 .
- ^ Elections in Thuringia. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
- ^ Elections in Thuringia. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
- ^ City administration Königsee: Current news. Retrieved May 2, 2019 .
Web links
Allendorf | Altenbeuthen | Bad Blankenburg | Bechstedt | Cursdorf | Deesbach | Döschnitz | Drognitz | Graefenthal | Hohenwarte | Katzhütte | Kaulsdorf | Koenigsee | Lehesten | People Mountain | Meura | Probstzella | Rohrbach | Rudolstadt | Saalfeld / Saale | Schwarzatal | Schwarzburg | Sitzendorf | Uhlstädt-Kirchhasel | Unterweißbach | Unterwellenborn