St. Goar (district)
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St. Goar
City of Sankt Goar
Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 42 ′ 53 ″ E
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| Height : | 74 m above sea level NHN | |
| Residents : | 980 (2018) | |
| Postal code : | 56329 | |
| Area code : | 06741 | |
Location of St. Goar in Rhineland-Palatinate |
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 Panorama St. Goar
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St. Goar is one of the three districts of Sankt Goar in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It includes the core city and the bank areas along the Rhine .
geography
St. Goar is located in the Middle Rhine Valley , the narrow breakthrough valley of the Rhine through the Rhenish Slate Mountains . The valley on the left bank of the Rhine belongs to the Hunsrück , the valley on the right bank of the Rhine belongs to the Taunus . The characteristically narrow shape of the valley originated from deep erosion of the river into a rising floe.
In St. Goar, the Gründelbach coming from the Hunsrück flows into the Rhine.
The district consists of the core town of Sankt Goar on the Rhine, the Fellen district to the north on the Rhine, the An der Loreley district to the south on the Rhine , and the residential areas Gründelbach and Burgschenke Rheinfels.
history
For the story, see the article " Sankt Goar ".
politics
Local advisory board
St. Goar is designated as a local district and therefore has a local advisory board and a local councilor .
The local council consists of nine local council members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation. The distribution of seats in the elected local council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | total |
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| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 seats |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 seats |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 seats |
Mayor
The mayor is Richard Vogel (SPD). In the local election on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 62.29% of the vote and was thus able to prevail against the previous incumbent Michael Hubrath (CDU).
Attractions
The sights are described in the article " Sankt Goar ".
traffic
The federal road 9 runs through St. Goar (city center) and the district of Fellen . The district has a train station on the left-hand Rhine route Mainz - Bingen - Koblenz. The landing stages of various Rhine shipping lines are on the Rhine, and there is a ferry connection with the other side of the Rhine.
Further details can be found in the article " Sankt Goar ".
Web links
- St. Goar am Rhein in the Loreley valley
- Historical information about Sankt Goar at regionalgeschichte.net
- Literature about St. Goar in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 61 (PDF; 3 MB).
- ^ City of Sankt Goar: main statute. (PDF) § 2. City of Sankt Goar, August 12, 2019, accessed on October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council Election 2019 St. Goar. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
- ^ Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel: Local Advisory Board St. Goar 2014. May 26, 2014, accessed on October 2, 2019 .
- ^ Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel: election results. 2009 local elections. Accessed October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Hunsrück-Mittelrhein, Verbandsgemeinde, 31st line of results. Retrieved October 2, 2019 .
- ↑ The municipal election supervisor : Announcement of the results of the mayor election in the St. Goar district on May 26th, 2019. City of Sankt Goar, June 3, 2019, accessed on October 2, 2019 .