Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ N , 7 ° 39 ′ E |
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| Basic data (as of 2019) | ||
| Existing period: | 1968-2019 | |
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | |
| Residents: | 22,886 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Association structure: | 42 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald) |
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| last mayor: | Fred Jüngerich (independent) | |
| Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald) was an independent association in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate until December 31, 2019 . The municipality of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and 41 independent local communities belonged to the association, the administrative seat was in the eponymous city of Altenkirchen (Westerwald). Due to the state law on the merger of the municipalities of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Flammersfeld of October 10, 2018, the new merged municipality of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld was created as the legal successor on January 1, 2020 .
geography
The localities of the Verbandsgemeinde are located in the Altenkirchen basin and on the ridges surrounding the basin. The basin is crossed by the Wied , which enters the area of the Verbandsgemeinde near Ingelbach . Before at Neitersen the municipality Flammersfeld reached, it has within the municipality Altenkirchen numerous smaller streams ( Almersbach , Erbach , Quengelbach, Ölfer Bach) was added.
The highest elevations in the association are the Beulskopf (388 m), the Asberg near Weyerbusch (334 m) and the Dorn near Altenkirchen (282 m).
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Almersbach | 0.61 | 412 |
| Altenkirchen (Westerwald) , city | 10.98 | 6,305 |
| Bachenberg | 1.67 | 104 |
| Berod near Hachenburg | 5.05 | 562 |
| Birnbach | 3.11 | 626 |
| Busenhausen | 3.02 | 349 |
| Eichelhardt | 2.84 | 519 |
| Ersfeld | 1.40 | 69 |
| Fiersbach | 3.04 | 254 |
| Floodlight | 3.37 | 644 |
| Forstmehren | 1.61 | 141 |
| Gieleroth | 5.92 | 649 |
| Hasselbach | 5.76 | 311 |
| Helmets | 4.15 | 884 |
| Helmeroth | 3.57 | 186 |
| Hemmelzen | 2.83 | 279 |
| Haylofts | 2.58 | 247 |
| Hilgenroth | 2.96 | 303 |
| Hirz-Maulsbach | 6.14 | 307 |
| Idelberg | 1.13 | 65 |
| Ingelbach | 5.08 | 502 |
| Isert | 1.84 | 109 |
| Kettenhausen | 1.68 | 280 |
| Churchib | 6.55 | 516 |
| Kraam | 2.73 | 177 |
| Mammelzen | 4.12 | 1,074 |
| More | 3.67 | 495 |
| Michelbach (Westerwald) | 4.42 | 532 |
| Neitersen | 5.64 | 860 |
| Obererbach (Westerwald) | 3.63 | 548 |
| Oberirsen | 9.45 | 609 |
| Oberwambach | 3.99 | 416 |
| Oils | 2.26 | 88 |
| Racksen | 1.97 | 137 |
| Rescuers | 3.21 | 363 |
| Schöneberg | 3.20 | 416 |
| Sörth | 1.99 | 250 |
| Stürzelbach | 1.77 | 230 |
| Volkerzen | 1.98 | 85 |
| Werkhausen | 5.75 | 227 |
| Weyerbusch | 4.22 | 1,385 |
| Wölmersen | 2.63 | 371 |
| Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen | 153.49 | 22,886 |
Population figures as of December 31, 2019
history
The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald) came into being with the Eighth Administrative Simplification Act of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, which was promulgated on July 28, 1970 by the then Prime Minister Helmut Kohl and came into force on November 7, 1970, from the previous Verbandsgemeinden Altenkirchen and Weyerbusch , which again emerged on October 1, 1968 from the former offices of Altenkirchen and Weyerbusch .
The community of Weyerbusch with its 22 communities had around 5,600 inhabitants and thus did not reach the target figure of 7,500 inhabitants per community as given by the state government. So it was incorporated into the Altenkirchen Association, which at that time still comprised 25 communities and had 12,500 inhabitants. Were added by the Association Hachenburg in Oberwesterwald circle the local church Berod bei Hachenburg , as well as the community association Flammersfeld the local churches Schöneberg and Neiterschen with Kahl Hardt and Fladersbach, Neiterschen had on June 7, 1969, with the local churches Niederölfen and Neitersen one to the local church Neitersen in the form New formation united. Before that, on May 1, 1969, the communities of Marenbach and Rimbach, which were part of the Weyerbusch community, were incorporated into Oberirsen and the community of Hilkhausen with the districts of Wiesplacken and Irlen to Weyerbusch .
The local communities of Giershausen and Ziegenhain , which are part of the Weyerbusch community , were incorporated into the Flammersfeld community in 1970. The independent community of Dieperzen was finally incorporated into Altenkirchen on June 10, 1979 at its own request.
The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald) was the legal successor of the Verbandsgemeinden Altenkirchen and Weyerbusch.
Due to the state law on the merger of the municipalities of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Flammersfeld of October 10, 2018, the new merged municipality of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld was created as the legal successor on January 1, 2020 .
Population development
Development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen (Westerwald); the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
Due to the upcoming merger of the Verbandsgemeinden Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Flammersfeld on January 1, 2020, the local elections on May 26, 2019 were already reorganized (see: Result ). The term of office of the previous community councils was extended by state law to December 31, 2019. The acting thus for the entire calendar year 2019 local council Altenkirchen (Westerwald) consisted of 36 honorary council members, who in the local elections on May 25, 2014 in a personalized proportional representation were elected, and the full-time mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the former municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | GREEN | FDP | FWG | total |
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| 2014 | 14th | 12 | 4th | 2 | 4th | 36 seats |
| 2009 | 14th | 11 | 3 | 4th | 4th | 36 seats |
| 2004 | 14th | 14th | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen e. V.
mayor
The mayors of the Altenkirchen community since 1968:
| Period | mayor | annotation |
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| 1968-1971 | Emil Haas (SPD) | 1950–1968 Haas was the mayor of the Altenkirchen office |
| 1971-1992 | Karlheinz Klöckner (SPD) | |
| 1992-2016 | Heijo Höfer (SPD) | |
| 2016-2017 | unoccupied | After Höfer moved up to replace Thorsten Wehner in the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament on December 1, 2016 , the tasks until the new appointment were taken over by 1st alderman Heinz Düber . |
| 2018-2019 | Fred Jüngerich (independent) | Shortened term of office due to the merger of the municipalities of Altenkirchen and Flammersfeld |
Fred Jüngerich prevailed in the runoff election on October 15, 2017 with a share of 65.4% of the vote, after none of the four original applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the election on September 24, 2017. Jüngerich took office on January 1, 2018. Due to the merger of the association communities, this term of office ended prematurely by state law on December 31, 2019.
Constituencies
In state elections , the communities belonging to the Altenkirchen association belonged to constituency 02-Altenkirchen , in federal elections to constituency 198-Neuwied .
coat of arms
The coat of arms shows in red a golden leopard with black and white gestücktem board . The leopard, the coat of arms of Count von Sayn , has been used as the coat of arms of the district town of Altenkirchen since 1907. The coat of arms of the former Altenkirchen office has been changed from the coat of arms of the district town of Altenkirchen by adding a black and white border and omitting the crown of the wall. The black and white whitewashed board emphasizes the affiliation to Prussia .
Municipal partnerships
The municipality Altenkirchen entertained since 1972 with the French town of Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées and since 1995 with the Polish community Olszanka in the province of Opole local partnerships .
On the basis of the partnership with Tarbes, a student exchange took place in which the Westerwald-Gymnasium and the Realschule Plus Altenkirchen participate. The partnership has also resulted in contacts between various associations. Youth exchanges also had priority in the partnership with Olszanka. In addition, the volunteer fire brigades of the Altenkirchen community and the Olszanka community had established friendly relationships with one another.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The federal highways 8 , 256 and 414 lead through the community of Altenkirchen .
The association is connected to the Oberwesterwaldbahn , which is operated by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH . Since August 1, 2002, the VRS tariff has been recognized as a transitional tariff on the rail routes in the Altenkirchen district. There are train stations in Altenkirchen (Westerwald) , Ingelbach and Obererbach .
education
- Elementary schools
- Pestalozzi Primary School Altenkirchen
- Erich Kästner Primary School Altenkirchen
- Mayor Raiffeisen School Weyerbusch
- FEBA - Free Evangelical Confession School Altenkirchen
- State cooperative comprehensive school Altenkirchen
- Westerwald high school
- Realschule Plus
- Community College
- As a state-recognized institution for continuing education, the Felsenkeller e. V. the tasks of extra-curricular education for the community of Altenkirchen.
- Study facilities
- Rhineland Theological Seminar in Wölmersen
tourism
The community of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) has an extensive and marked network of hiking and cycling trails. For example, the scenic Mehrbachtal in the west of the association and the Nistertal near Helmeroth in the north-east, which belongs to " Kroppacher Switzerland ", offer individual and interesting hikes. The “ Westerwald-Steig ”, which opened in 2008 and is a total of 235 kilometers long, is also located in the community of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) with a distance of 28 kilometers. The Westerwald-Steig also leads past the Beulskopf . The Beulskopf, the highest elevation (388 meters above sea level), is located in the north in the local community of Heupelzen . In 1990 a wooden observation tower - the “ Raiffeisen Tower ” - was built here with a height of 35 m. It was named in honor of the social reformer Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen .
Literature (selection)
- District administration Altenkirchen (Ed.): The district Altenkirchen in the 20th century. A Chronicle , 1st edition, Altenkirchen 1992 ( ISBN 3-925190-10-4 ).
- Jakob Rausch: History of the Altenkirchen District , reprint of the 1921 edition, Schaan / Liechtenstein 1983.
- District administration Altenkirchen (Ed.): Land to Sieg and Wied. Local history of the Altenkirchen district , Wissen 1987.
- Horst Heinemann: History and stories about the development of the community of Altenkirchen from the Stone Age to the modern age. The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen in the mirror of contemporary history , Altenkirchen 2008.
- Heinrich Holschbach: Folklore of the Altenkirchen district. Elberfeld 1928.
- Jakob Rausch (ed.): History of the Altenkirchen district. Altenkirchen 1921.
- Martin Sinemus: The history of the Protestant parishes of the parish of Altenkirchen (Westerwald). Saarbrücken 1933.
- Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald). The localities Hacksen, Niedererbach, Obererbach and Koberstein from the Middle Ages to the present , 2 volumes, Obererbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027494-7 (with a summary of the development of the mayor's office and community of Altenkirchen).
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association municipalities
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ a b c State of Rhineland-Palatinate: State law on the merger. Section 2 (1) October 10, 2018, accessed on August 14, 2019 .
- ^ The district of Altenkirchen in the 20th century , published by the Altenkirchen district administration, 1992, page 510, ISBN 3-925190-10-4
- ^ AK-Kurier: Fred Jüngerich elected mayor of VG Altenkirchen. October 15, 2017, accessed December 19, 2019 .