Sessenbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '  N , 7 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Ransbach-Baumbach
Height :	285 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.79 km 2
Residents:	503 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	180 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56237
Area code :	02601
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 068
Association administration address:	Rheinstrasse 50 56235 Ransbach-Baumbach
Website :	www.sessenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Rudi Hoppen ( CDU )
Location of the local community Sessenbach in the Westerwaldkreis

Sessenbach is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Ransbach-Baumbach community .

geography

The community is located in the Westerwald in Kannenbäckerland . The Sessenbach, which belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Saynbach and Rhine rivers, flows near the village . The Sayntalhof residential area also belongs to the community.

history

Urn finds are made after 1200 - 800 BC. dated. A Celtic residential pit settlement (500 BC) could be proven on the basis of excavations . The village was first mentioned in a document in 1220 with Miles (knight) Karolus "advocatus" de (from) Sinßinbach. 1273 with Frederich v. Synsinbach son of the knight Carl. In 1321 Sessenbach appears "uf the court of Sinsenbach" in the possession of Nieder-Isenburg and comes as heir to the old Isenburg-Grenzau line. The "Wollenschläger Höfchen" (1590) and the "large Isenburger Hof" (1630) in Sessenbach were Isenburg until 1664 , afterwards they were Kurtrier . The Kleiner Hof appears in 1723. On a tax list from 1753, three courtyards appear at the same time. The Saynhof, 1331 Hof “Uf der Seijne”, ended after an eventful fate, in 1723 it was owned by the Oberwerth monastery and was last owned by the Sessenbach family Werz. Isenburg-Grenzau owned shares in the tithe of Sessenbach around 1600. From 1602 to 1810, potters were based in Sessenbach. For this period up to 1920 "Holland drivers" (traveling dealers) are documented. Today Sessenbach has about 550 inhabitants who live in 160 houses, with a total of 230 apartments on an area of ​​2.8 km². In the 20th century, the main line of business for the citizens of Sessenbach was dominated by agriculture and the ceramics industry.

Since 1972 the local community Sessenbach belongs to the association community Ransbach-Baumbach.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 112 1835 151 1871 145 1905 165 1939 173

year Residents 1950 187 1961 202 1970 360 1987 435 2005 552

politics

Municipal council

town hall

The council in Sessenbach 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. In the period from 2014 to 2019, the municipality council had only eight council members.

mayor

Rudi Hoppen (CDU) became mayor of Sessenbach in 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for another five years with 94.37 percent of the votes cast.

Hoppen's predecessor Willi Emmerich (CDU) held the office from 1979 to 2009.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "From silver to blue, divided obliquely to the left by a wavy cut, above a continuous red cross, below silver hammer and clearing hoe crossed."

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• The federal highway 48 with the junction Höhr-Grenzhausen (AS 12) is six kilometers away.
• The federal motorway 3 with the junction Ransbach-Baumbach (AS 38) is approx. 13 kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

Attractions

• Planetarium & observatory Sessenbach

Honorary citizen

• 2014, August 22: Willi Emmerich (* 1939), local politician, local mayor from 1979 to 2009, awarded in recognition of his services to the local community.

Web links

Commons : Sessenbach  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Sessenbach
• Local community Sessenbach on the website of the Ransbach-Baumbach community

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. 77 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections
7. ↑ Hans-Peter Metternich: Willi-Emmerich-Platz in front of the village back gives the Sessenbacher a sense of togetherness. Westerwälder Zeitung, October 7, 2018, accessed on June 28, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Internet presence of the Sessenbach observatory
9. ^ RPPD: Willi Emmerich. Rhineland-Palatinate Personal Database (RPPD), August 26, 2009, accessed on June 28, 2020 . 
10. ↑ City council decides honorary citizenship for Willi Emmerich. Local community Sessenbach, August 26, 2014, accessed on June 28, 2020 .