Quirnbach (Westerwald)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 31 ' N , 7 ° 48' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Westerwaldkreis | |
Association municipality : | Selters (Westerwald) | |
Height : | 300 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 3.09 km 2 | |
Residents: | 484 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 157 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 56242 | |
Area code : | 02626 | |
License plate : | WW | |
Community key : | 07 1 43 061 | |
Association administration address: | Am Saynbach 5–7 56242 Selters (Westerwald) |
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Local Mayor : | Uwe Schneider | |
Location of the local community Quirnbach in the Westerwaldkreis | ||
Quirnbach (dialect: Quermisch ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Selters (Westerwald) .
Geographical location
Quirnbach is three kilometers south-east of Selters on the Kleiner Saynbach in the middle of a forest and meadow area.
history
Quirnbach was first mentioned in a document in 1462. The spelling of the name changed over the centuries from Quirenbach to Querenbach to Quirnbach .
politics
Municipal council
The local council in Quirnbach consists of eight council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.
Until 2019, the municipal council consisted of 12 members, who were elected in a majority vote, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
choice | WG Götsch | WG Schneider | total |
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2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 seats |
mayor
In the local elections in 2019, Uwe Schneider was elected with 54.65 percent of the votes cast. He succeeds Oliver Götsch, who held the office for 15 years.
coat of arms
Blazon : "Divided by a drawbar cut, a red cross paws in silver on top,a gold lion head in blue on the right , five red diagonal bars in gold on the left." | |
traffic
- The next motorway junction is Ransbach-Baumbach on federal motorway 3 .
- The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .
Personalities
- Lothar Hermann (1901–1974) contributed significantly to the unmasking of Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ^ Hermann-Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as Ortneckereien ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 2010, page 17 (PDF; 132 kB)
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections
- ↑ Andreas Egenolf: Quirnbach: Oliver Götsch says hello as local manager after 15 years. Westerwälder Zeitung, March 28, 2019, accessed on June 11, 2020 .