Steffenberg

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Steffenberg
Steffenberg
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Steffenberg highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 29 ′  E

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, 06465Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : MR, BID
Community key : 06 5 34 019
Community structure: 6 districts
Address of the
municipal administration:
Bauhofstrasse 1
35239 Steffenberg
Website : www.steffenberg.de
Mayor : Gernot Ways ( independent )
Location of the municipality of Steffenberg in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district
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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:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
   
A total of 23 seats
  • SPD : 9
  • CDU : 5th
  • BLS : 9
Parties and constituencies %
2016
Seats
2016
%
2011
Seats
2011
%
2006
Seats
2006
%
2001
Seats
2001
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

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

Commons : Steffenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 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 ).
  2. 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 .
  3. 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 ]).
  4. 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.
  5. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  8. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Steffenberg
  9. ^ Steffenberg parish council , accessed on August 2, 2016.