Selbach (victory)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Knowledge
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.66 km 2
Residents:	748 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	204 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57537
Area code :	02742
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 105
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 75 57537 Knowledge
Website :	www.selbach-sieg.de
Local Mayor :	Matthias Grohs
Location of the local community Selbach (Sieg) in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Selbach (Sieg) is a municipality in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wissen .

geography

Selbach is about 4 km southeast of the city of Wissen and 3 km west of Gebhardshain .

The districts of Brunken and Kirchseifen and the hamlet of Neuhöfchen belong to the local community of Selbach (Sieg) . Parts of Kirchseifen and Neuhöfchen are in the city of Wissen.

history

Selbach was first mentioned in a document around 1500. Until the end of the 18th century the place was divided into three parts, it belonged partly to Sayn-Altenkirchen , Sayn-Hachenburg and the subordinate rule of Schönstein in Cologne .

On May 1, 1973 the community was renamed from “Selbach, Amt Wissen” to “Selbach (Sieg)”.

Population development

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

year Residents 1579 3 houses 1669 3 smokes 1714 7 men 1793 44 1815 191 1835 274 1871 415 1905 396 1939 513

year Residents 1950 546 1961 598 1970 672 1987 664 1997 805 2005 854 2011 784 2017 777

Population development of Selbach (Sieg) from 1815 to 2017 according to the adjacent table

politics

Municipal council

The council in Selbach (Sieg) consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Up to the 2014 election, a personalized proportional representation was used because several lists had started.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	CDU	FWG	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote			12 seats
2014	-	7th	5	12 seats
2009	4th	8th	-	12 seats
2004	5	7th	-	12 seats

• FWG = Free Voter Group Selbach e. V.

mayor

Local mayor of Selbach is Matthias Grohs. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 90.76% of the vote and is the successor to Reiner Dietershagen, who did not run again after 20 years in office.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In green a downwardly curved silver tip, inside a continuous black cross, topped with four silver disks in quatrefoil, inside a red rose with green sepals and golden lug, in front and behind a gold-edged red wavy bar, inside in front two diagonally crossed golden peelers , golden hammer and mallet crossed at the back. "

Culture and sights

A brook nature trail, which was awarded second prize in the state competition "Child and Youth-Friendly Village Renewal", enables direct experience of the brook fauna and flora on the Selbach. The nature trail begins on Wiesenstrasse in Selbach.

Economy and Infrastructure

The place is u. a. shaped by a jointly organized timber industry. Since the 19th century, 140 hectares of forest have been distributed among several Hauberg community and forest interest groups . These forest plots are still used today.

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : The parish of Kroppach. In: Nassauische Annalen 83. 1972, pp. 209-231.

Web links

Commons : Selbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Selbach on the website of the association of knowledge

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 18 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local council election 2019 Selbach. Retrieved November 10, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Knowledge, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved November 10, 2019 .