Salzburg (Westerwald)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 3 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	600 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.3 km 2
Residents:	221 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	96 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02667
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 291
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 56477 Rennerod
Website :	www.rennerod.de
Local Mayor :	Harald Menk
Location of the local parish of Salzburg in the Westerwaldkreis

Salzburg is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1300 as Salberg . Salzburg has been part of the Emmerichenhain parish since the late Middle Ages, and with this part of the rulership of the Westerwald . By 1810 at the latest there was a branch school of the parish school.

In 1534, six people from Vogt and three Nassau-Beilsteiners were named as residents. In 1577 there were six compulsory houses, in 1607 six men and in 1643 two residents. In 1684 four houses were inhabited. In 1741 a total of 83 inhabitants is mentioned for the first time. In 1807 there were 131 inhabitants.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Salzburg consists of six 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

Harald Menk was confirmed in his office as local mayor for another five years in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with a share of the vote of 93.81%.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: "Above a golden corrugated shield foot, inside a red balance beam with two red scales, in blue a golden red-armored rooster, framed by two silver wagon wheels."

Cultural monuments

See list of cultural monuments in Salzburg (Westerwald)

traffic

• In the immediate vicinity of the village the federal highways 54 , which connects Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen , and the 414 , which leads from Hohenroth to Hachenburg , cross.
• The next motorway junction to the A 45 Dortmund - Hanau to the north is Haiger / Burbach , about 15 kilometers away, to the south Herborn , about 20 km away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : Parish and court of Emmerichenhain . In: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research (Hrsg.): Nassauische Annalen . tape 101 . Publishing house of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Wiesbaden 1990, p. 231-254 .

Web links

• Information from the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod about the local parish of Salzburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, 16th line of results. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .