Differ

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 7 ° 45 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Loreley
Height :	250 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.95 km 2
Residents:	489 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06771
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 079
Association administration address:	Dolkstrasse 3 56346 St. Goarshausen
Website :	www.liermed.com
Local Mayor :	vacant
Location of the local community Li Various in the Rhein-Lahn district

Liigart is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Loreley , which has its administrative headquarters in St. Goarshausen .

Parish parts

The living spaces Haus am Berg, Haus Luther, Zimmermann-Mühle and Hof Schönhorst also belong to Liigart.

history

On March 31, 845, the "villa Leyrscheyt in pago Heinriche" - the village of Li Various in the Einrichgau - with its 17 farms and 64 serfs was mentioned in a deed of donation to the newly founded Kloster Kettenbach an der Aar . The place belonged to the " Vierherrischen " area from the 14th century . From the second Nastätter recession of 1774, the place belonged to Hessen-Kassel.

From 1806 temporarily occupied by French troops ("pays reserve"), the place came in 1816 to the Duchy of Nassau . Since 1866 part of the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau , the place came in 1946 to the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

After the First World War as well as after the second, the place was part of the French occupation zone.

The place was on 26./27. March 1945 captured by American troops.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 345 1835 495 1871 506 1905 557 1939 535 1950 684

year Residents 1961 611 1970 600 1987 524 1997 497 2005 499 2019 489

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Liigart consists of eight council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Until 2014, the municipality council had twelve council members.

mayor

The office of the local mayor is vacant. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, there was no applicant, and the municipal council could not choose a successor for Oskar Meyer.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In black, a red-hilted silver lamb of God with a golden halo and golden flag, inside a continuous red cross."

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Liigart

Web links

• Internet presence of the local community Liigart
• Local community Liigart on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Loreley
• Historical information about Liigart at regionalgeschichte.net

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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 45 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Stefan Michels: Sturm am Mittelrhein The German fights for retreat in the Vorderhunsrück and the Rhine-Moselle triangle and the end of the war in the Rhine-Lahn district in March 1945 . 1st edition. Helios, Aachen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86933-090-7 .
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Liigart. Retrieved November 2, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Loreley, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of the result. Retrieved November 2, 2019 . 
7. ^ Verbandsgemeinde Loreley: local mayor and councilor Liersschied. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .