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Coordinates: 50 ° 44 ' N , 7 ° 52' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | |
Association municipality : | Betzdorf-Gebhardshain | |
Height : | 367 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 3.61 km 2 | |
Residents: | 761 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 211 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 57520 | |
Area code : | 02747 | |
License plate : | AK | |
Community key : | 07 1 32 059 | |
Association administration address: | Hellerstraße 2 57518 Betzdorf |
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Local Mayor : | Martin Lück | |
Location of the local community Kausen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | ||
Kausen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Betzdorf-Gebhardshain community .
geography
The local community is located on the northern foothills of the Westerwald to the Siegerland south of Betzdorf ; Neighboring communities are Steineroth in the northwest, Molzhain in the west, Elkenroth in the south and Dickendorf in the southwest. The Alte Bornskopf (455 m) rises to the north of the village and the Hasselichskopf (508 m) to the southwest .
history
Kausen was first mentioned in 1461 as "Arkussen" in a Marienstatter document.
- Population development
The development of the population of Kausen, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Kausen consists of twelve 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
The local mayor of Kausen is Martin Lück. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 90.26% of the vote, making him the successor to Rainer Schütz.
Culture and sights
Associations are the Musikverein Kausen eV and the MGV "Satisfaction" Kausen.
Buildings
- Holy Trinity Church, built in 1935
Cultural monuments
List of cultural monuments in Kausen
Personalities
- Micha Krämer (* 1970), writer and musician born in Kausen
literature
- Konrad Fuchs: History of the Gebhardshain Association. 1815–1970 , Mainz 1982, ISBN 3-87439-082-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Kausen. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
- ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .