Racksen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	311 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.97 km 2
Residents:	137 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	70 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57612
Primaries :	02682 (OT Racksen) ; 02681 (OT Nassen)
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 092
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 ; 57610 Altenkirchen
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen.de
Local Mayor :	Bernd Hommer
Location of the local community Racksen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Racksen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

Racksen, aerial photo (2017)

Geographical location

Racksen consists of the two roughly equal districts of Racksen and Nassen. It is located about 1.5 km west of the national road 256 between Bruchertseifen and Eichelhardt and 1.5 km east of the former Franciscan monastery Marienthal .

history

View over the district of Nassen

In 1653 a Philipp Röder von Nassen is mentioned who leased the "Alpenroder Mühle" in Alpenrod -Hirtscheid. For a long time there has been a close cooperation with the community of Isert , with whom the two present-day districts of Racksen built a joint schoolhouse in 1860: the so-called "House in the Sun", now privately owned and used as a residential building. In 1989 the three villages again jointly built a community center.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	73
1835	93
1871	157
1905	167
1939	137
1950	162

year	Residents
1961	151
1970	147
1987	112
1997	128
2005	160
2019	137

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Bernd Hommer became the local mayor of Racksen in 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 83.96%.

literature

Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 59 (2016), pp. 219–237.

Web links

Commons : Racksen - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
↑ On the historical development of the mills in the County of Sayn cf. Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen, pp. 219–239.
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2019 Racksen. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 51st line of results. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] On the historical development of the mills in the County of Sayn cf. Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen, pp. 219–239.

[regionaldaten-3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

[4] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2019 Racksen. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

[5] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 51st line of results. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .