Steineroth
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 ' N , 7 ° 51' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | |
Association municipality : | Betzdorf-Gebhardshain | |
Height : | 400 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 2.53 km 2 | |
Residents: | 573 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 226 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 57518 | |
Area code : | 02747 | |
License plate : | AK | |
Community key : | 07 1 32 108 | |
Association administration address: | Hellerstraße 2 57518 Betzdorf |
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Local Mayor : | Theo Brenner | |
Location of the local community Steineroth in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | ||
Steineroth is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Betzdorf-Gebhardshain community . Colloquially the place is called "Steinert".
Geographical location
The local community is located on the northern foothills of the Westerwald to the Siegerland south via Betzdorf ; other neighboring communities are Elben in the southwest, Molzhain in the south and Kausen in the southwest. The Alte Bornskopf (455 m) rises south-east of the village .
history
Steineroth was first mentioned in a document in 1438. Steineroth belonged to the parish Gebhardshain in the county of Sayn .
For a long time the number of inhabitants remained about the same, in 1597 twelve heads of families were counted, in 1667 the place had eleven "fireplaces" (houses), in 1693 there were nine taxpayers and in 1742 there were fourteen "smokes" (houses). So there were between 50 and 70 inhabitants at that time.
Towards the end of the Second World War in March 1945 there was fighting between German and American soldiers near Steineroth and Dauersberg, with nine members of the Wehrmacht and an unknown number of US soldiers losing their lives.
- Population development
The development of the population of Steineroth, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Steineroth consists of twelve council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.
mayor
Theo Brenner is the local mayor of Steineroth. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 88.17% of the vote.
literature
- Konrad Fuchs: History of the Gebhardshain Association. 1815–1970 , Mainz 1982, ISBN 3-87439-082-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Steineroth. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate line of results. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .