Lochum

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Coat of arms of the local parish of Lochum
Lochum
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Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Hachenburg
Height : 467 m above sea level NHN
Area : 4.65 km 2
Residents: 321 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density : 69 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 57629
Area code : 02666
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 259
Association administration address: Gartenstrasse 11
57627 Hachenburg
Website : www.gemeinde-lochum.de
Local Mayor : Frank Petmecky
Location of the local community Lochum in the Westerwaldkreis
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Lochum is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hachenburg community .

Lochum, aerial photo (2016)

Geographical location

Lochum

The place is northeast of Koblenz on the southern height of the valley of the Nister near the Westerwald lake district . Neighboring places are Alpenrod in the north, Stockum-Püschen and Rotenhain in the west and Linden in the southwest. Lochum is surrounded by the Monsberg ( 468  m above sea  level ) in the north and the Wildenhahn ( 497  m above sea level ) in the south of the town.

history

Lochum was first mentioned in a document in 1048. The name is probably based on the Old High German word loh for small forest .

Lochum was divided into a larger Saynic and a smaller Nassau part by the second half of the 16th century at the latest , which at times nonetheless formed a common community. Ecclesiastically, the place was part of the Rotenhain parish until the early 20th century . In 1818 the two districts were united in the office of Hachenburg of the Duchy of Nassau . The Saynic district comprised 13 fire places in 1610 and 267 inhabitants in 1818. For the Nassau district, two Turkish taxpayers are named in 1542 , three fireplaces in 1578, five in 1711 and nine in 1738. In 1809 the Nassau town had 47 inhabitants.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 267
1835 277
1871 212
1905 205
1939 218
1950 262
year Residents
1961 256
1970 260
1987 304
1997 329
2005 334
2019 321

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Frank Petmecky became the local mayor of Lochum in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 94.12% of the votes.

Petmecky's predecessor was Volker Benner.

traffic

The community lies between the federal highways 413 , which connects Bendorf and Hachenburg , the 414 , which leads from Altenkirchen towards Herborn and the 255 , which connects Montabaur and Marburg . The federal motorway 3 with the junction Montabaur (AS 40) is 25 kilometers away. The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line . Regional trains run in the neighboring towns of Enspel and Rotenhain.

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Lochum  - collection of images

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 - regional data
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ^ WW-Kurier: Promote rural development. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, March 14, 2015, accessed on June 7, 2020 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Angela Baumeier: Meeting of the Three Kings at the Vierherrenstein. Westerwälder Zeitung, January 9, 2017, accessed June 7, 2020 .