Steffenberg
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Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ N , 8 ° 29 ′ E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Hesse | |
Administrative region : | to water | |
County : | Marburg-Biedenkopf | |
Height : | 371 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 24.31 km 2 | |
Residents: | 3942 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 162 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 35239 | |
Primaries : | 06464, 06465 | |
License plate : | MR, BID | |
Community key : | 06 5 34 019 | |
LOCODE : | DE SFG | |
Community structure: | 6 districts | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Bauhofstrasse 1 35239 Steffenberg |
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Website : | ||
Mayor : | Gernot Ways ( independent ) | |
Location of the municipality of Steffenberg in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district | ||
Steffenberg is a municipality in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in central Hesse .
geography
Geographical location
Steffenberg is located on the southern foothills of the Rothaargebirge between the towns of Dillenburg (20 km) and Marburg (35 km). The altitude is about 330 to 550 m above sea level. NN.
Neighboring communities
Steffenberg borders in the north on the municipality of Breidenbach , in the east on the municipality Dautphetal , in the south on the municipalities Bad Endbach and Angelburg (all in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf), and in the west on the municipality of Eschenburg ( Lahn-Dill district ).
Community structure
The community consists of six districts:
Church building
In the course of the regional reform in Hesse on April 1, 1972, the previously independent communities of Niedereisenhausen, Obereisenhausen, Niederhörlen and Oberhörlen voluntarily merged to form the municipality of Steffenberg. The name was chosen after the highest elevation in the municipality.
On July 1, 1974, the previously independent municipalities Steinperf and Quotshausen were added to the new larger municipality by state law.
On October 11, 2015, a vote took place on the merger of Steffenberg and Angelburg. A narrow majority of the Steffenbergers (52.7%) spoke out against the merger, whereas the population of Angelburg just (51.7%) voted in favor of the merger.
politics
Community representation
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
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Parties and constituencies |
% 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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BLS | Steffenberg citizens list | 39.7 | 9 | 44.6 | 10 | 38.9 | 9 | 40.9 | 9 | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 37.1 | 9 | 35.3 | 8th | 38.9 | 9 | 32.3 | 8th | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 23.2 | 5 | 20.1 | 5 | 22.2 | 5 | 26.8 | 6th | |
total | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 23 | 100.0 | 23 | ||
Voter turnout in% | 63.0 | 47.0 | 43.2 | 52.4 |
mayor
After the Hessian municipal constitution is the Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Executive Board , the next to the mayor eight volunteer in the community Steffenberg Associate members. Gernotwege (non-party) has been mayor since June 1, 2016. His directly elected predecessor was
- 1998 to 2016 Peter Pfingst
coat of arms
Blazon : In a golden (yellow) shield above a blue wavy bar a striding black bear.
This coat of arms symbolizes the name of the Perf flowing through the municipality , which means something like bear water (Old High German: pernaffa).
Community partnerships
- Lüsen , South Tyrol ( Italy )
- Koernye , Hungary
Attractions
See the list of cultural monuments in Steffenberg
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Wilhelm Klingelhöffer (1803–1882), judge and politician born in Oberhörlen, member of the state estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Werner Link (* 1934), political scientist and university lecturer born in Quotshausen
- Dieter Becker (* 1963), Protestant theologian, pastor and business economist
Personalities related to the districts
- Peter Dickel (1819–1896), built the organ of the Protestant church in Obereisenhausen in 1853
- Georg Zitzer (1870–1932), teacher in Niedereisenhausen, local researcher and poet
- Karl Herbert (1907–1995), Protestant pastor in Oberhörlen, member of the Confessing Church
Web links
- Steffenberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Steffenberg in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 350-351 .
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Biedenkopf and Marburg districts and the city of Marburg (Lahn) (GVBl. II 330-27) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 154 , § 16 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
- ↑ Make one out of two. Community merger: Angelburg wants, Steffenberg does not ( memento from October 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Hinterländer Anzeiger from October 11, 2015, via Mittelhessen.de; Last accessed: March 20, 2016.
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
- ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Steffenberg
- ^ Steffenberg parish council , accessed on August 2, 2016.