Stockhausen-Illfurth

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ′  N , 7 ° 59 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Height :	496 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.24 km 2
Residents:	444 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	137 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56472
Area code :	02661
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 297
Association administration address:	Kirburger Strasse 4 56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Website :	www.bad-marienberg.de
Local Mayor :	Günter Weinbrenner
Location of the local community Stockhausen-Illfurth in the Westerwaldkreis

Stockhausen-Illfurth (dialect: Stackese-Illfurt ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) community .

geography

The community is located in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen . The Great Nister flows through the community .

The Waldhof residential area also belongs to the community .

history

Due to its name, the current district of Stockhausen was probably founded between the 6th and 11th centuries. The first documentary mention was made around 1500, as a place that belonged to the Marienberg parish court . Illfurth is first mentioned in 1438 and around 1490 as the Westerburger Hubengericht .

In 1867 the two previously independent communities Stockhausen and Illfurth were amalgamated under the Prussian government.

Population development

The development of the population of Stockhausen-Illfurth in relation to today's municipality, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 122 1835 209 1871 247 1905 256 1939 336 1950 368

year Residents 1961 380 1970 399 1987 355 1997 351 2005 491 2017 464

politics

Municipal council

The council in Stockhausen-Illfurth consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Günter Weinbrenner became local mayor of Stockhausen-Illfurth at the end of 2016. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 88.27% of the votes.

coat of arms

Blazon : “In gold over a lowered, blue wavy bar , in it three golden balls in stacks, in front a linden tree in natural colors, from a piece of branch a blue-silver water jet flowing to the left, behind a slightly bent, looking, red-robed lady with gold cuffs, collar and blue cloak in natural colors,wearinga red-blue-silver giver over a black hairnet, the right hand stretched out, holding the robe, in the left hand on the angled arm a blue book in gilt edging with a gold cross on it. "

The reason for the coat of arms: According to legend, the lady in red is the pious (book with cross) Ilse from Seck on her pilgrimage to the Marienquelle in Marienberg, where she found a ford (the three golden circles) over the Nister (blue wave bar) (Ilsenfurt). She refreshed herself at the stock fountain in Stockhausen (linden tree with blue-silver water jet).

Culture and sights

→ See list of cultural monuments in Stockhausen-Illfurth

traffic

• The federal road 414 , which leads from Hohenroth to Hachenburg , runs north of the village .
• The next motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the federal motorway 45 ( Dortmund - Hanau ), about 22 kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

Web links

Commons : Stockhausen-Illfurth  - Collection of Images

• The local community Stockhausen-Illfurth on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Bad Marienberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Hermann Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as local nonsense ( memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 2010, page 4 (PDF; 132 kB)
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 73 (PDF; 3 MB).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ Sven Regner, municipal election supervisor: Election of the local mayor. Results of the election of the Stockhausen-Illfurth community on November 20, 2016. Verbandsgemeinde Bad Marienberg, November 21, 2016, accessed on June 5, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Marienberg, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate line of results. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Stockhausen-Illfurth website