Stokes

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 33 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	245 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.01 km 2
Residents:	257 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	128 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57632
Area code :	02685
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 100
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen-flammersfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Wiesemann
Location of the local community Schürdt in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

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

Schürdt, aerial photo (2018)

Geographical location

Schürdt is located about three kilometers northeast of Flammersfeld at the intersection of Bundesstrasse 256 and Landesstrasse 267.

history

Schürdt belonged to the parish of Flammersfeld in the county of Sayn and was first mentioned in the documents of the parish court in 1569. After the division of the County of Sayn, Schürdt belonged to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg until 1799 . Until 1806 the place was under the rule of Nassau-Weilburg and until 1815 it belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1815 the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia , and administratively, Schürdt belonged to the Flammersfeld mayor in the newly formed Altenkirchen district in 1816 . Since 1946 the place has belonged to the then newly created state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

The place was connected to the power grid in 1923. From 1936 to 1966 the children from Schürdt went to school in Obernau and then to Altenkirchen or Flammersfeld.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 73 1835 102 1871 115 1905 127 1939 116

year Residents 1950 139 1961 121 1970 151 1987 172 2005 286

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Klaus Wiesemann has been the local mayor of Schürdt since 1994. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 75.19%.

economy

There are six farms in Schürdt that use around 250 hectares of land.

Web links

Commons : Schürdt  - Collection of Images

• Schürdt on the website of the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, p. 433; ISBN 3-922244-80-7
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Schürdt. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Wolfgang Wachow: Schürdt - certificates of honor for Klaus Wiesemann, Konrad Mockenhaupt and Lothar Seifen. Bürger Kurier, Rhein-Westerwald-Sieg, May 18, 2019, accessed on December 31, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 56th result line. Accessed December 31, 2019 .