Seelbach near Hamm (victory)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Hamm (victory)
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.4 km 2
Residents:	124 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57577
Area code :	02682
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 102
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Lindenallee 2 57577 Hamm (Sieg)
Website :	www.hamm-sieg.de
Local Mayor :	Wolfgang Schumacher
Location of the municipality of Seelbach near Hamm (Sieg) in the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald)

Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg) is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Hamm (Sieg) .

geography

Geographical location

Seelbach is located on the northern edge of the Westerwald north of the Sieg - Wied - Wasserscheide , and about 2 km southeast of Hamm (Sieg) , near the Marienthal monastery to the south . Other neighboring communities are Roth in the northeast and Breitscheidt in the west.

Community structure

The municipality includes the districts of Ober- and Niederseelbach as well as Marienthal, which is home to the former Marienthal monastery , today the conference and educational center of the Archdiocese of Cologne ("Haus Marienthal").

history

Until the middle of the 17th century, Seelbach belonged to the county of Sayn . After the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Sayn, the inhabitants were first Lutheran and later reformed . After the division of the County of Sayn in the 17th century, Seelbach belonged to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg .

Seelbach formed a separate administrative district called “Sende” within the parish of Hamm , which also included the villages of Ober- and Niederseelbach, the Marienthal monastery and the Oberselterberg farm. The county of Sayn-Hachenburg fell to the princes of Nassau-Weilburg by inheritance in 1799 . In connection with the formation of the Rhine Confederation , Seelbach came to the newly established Duchy of Nassau in 1806 .

Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia . Seelbach was included in the Prussian administration mayoralty Hamm in the newly built district Altenkirchen in Koblenz assigned, that of 1822 to the Rhine province belonged.

On September 1, 1973 the community name was changed from "Seelbach, Amt Hamm" to "Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg)".

Population development

The development of the population of Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg), the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 122 1835 134 1871 160 1905 136 1939 131

year Residents 1950 166 1961 140 1970 129 1987 129 2005 209

politics

Municipal council

The council in Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg) consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

The local mayor of Seelbach is Wolfgang Schumacher. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 89.02% of the vote. Schuhmacher is the successor to Gerd-Rainer Birkenbeul, who held the office for 30 years.

Culture

• List of cultural monuments in Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg)

traffic

Seelbach is served by bus line 261, which runs from Hamm (Sieg) to Hilgenroth . In the Marienthal district of Seelbach there is also the “Kloster Marienthal” train stop on the Limburg – Altenkirchen (formerly Oberwesterwaldbahn) line, on which the RB 90 trains run from Au (Sieg) via Altenkirchen , Hachenburg and Westerburg to Limburg (Lahn) .

literature

• Helmut Hörster: The community of Seelbach , in: Hans Günther Mack (Ed.): Heimatbuch für Hamm (Sieg) and the district of Hamm (Sieg), Altenkirchen 1956, pp. 216–222.
• Kunibert Stock: Der Seelbacher Bach , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 36 (1993), pp. 93-99.

Web links

Commons : Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg)  - Collection of images

• Local community Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg) on ​​the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg)
• Website of the Marienthal Monastery

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in plan. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 58. 2015, pp. 74–80.
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 371.
4. ^ Negotiations of the by resolution of the State Deputy Assembly ..., Volume 1 , 1836, p. 583.
5. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Seelbach. Retrieved November 15, 2019 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hamm (Sieg), Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved November 15, 2019 . 
9. ^ AK-Kurier: Wolfgang Schumacher is the new local manager in Seelbach. July 22, 2019, accessed November 15, 2019 .