Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain
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Coordinates: 50 ° 47 ' N , 7 ° 52' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | |
| Area : | 73.51 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 26,070 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 355 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | AK | |
| Association key : | 07 1 32 5009 | |
| Association structure: | 17 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Hellerstraße 2 57518 Betzdorf |
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| Mayor : | Bernd Brato ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the Betzdorf-Gebhardshain community in the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald) | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the district of Altenkirchen in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was created on January 1, 2017 from the voluntary amalgamation of the Betzdorf and Gebhardshain municipalities . The town of Betzdorf and 16 independent local communities belong to it, and the administrative headquarters are in Betzdorf.
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents | until 2016 |
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| Alsdorf | 5.93 | 1,484 | VG Betzdorf |
| Betzdorf , city | 9.57 | 10,064 | VG Betzdorf |
| Dickendorf | 1.45 | 345 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Elves | 2.38 | 338 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Elkenroth | 8.15 | 1,834 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Fensdorf | 2.17 | 384 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Gebhardshain | 5.97 | 1,885 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Grünebach | 2.52 | 506 | VG Betzdorf |
| Chew | 3.61 | 761 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Malberg | 4.31 | 1.009 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Molzhain | 2.91 | 545 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Nauroth | 6.86 | 1,127 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Rosenheim | 4.10 | 755 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Scheuerfeld | 2.66 | 2,043 | VG Betzdorf |
| Steinebach / victory | 4.55 | 1,211 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Steineroth | 2.53 | 573 | VG Gebhardshain |
| Wallmenroth | 3.84 | 1,206 | VG Betzdorf |
| VG Betzdorf-Gebhardshain | 73.51 | 26,070 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
history
On September 28, 2010 the state government passed the “First Law on Local and Administrative Reform” with the aim of improving the efficiency, competitiveness and administrative power of local structures. For municipalities it was determined that they should include at least 12,000 inhabitants (main residence on June 30, 2009). With 11,221 inhabitants, fell below Gebhardshain the envisaged minimum number of inhabitants, the municipality Betzdorf had on date 15,675 inhabitants.
On February 24, 2016, the “State Law on the Merger of the Associated Communities Betzdorf and Gebhardshain” was passed in the state parliament. The law stipulates that on January 1, 2017, a new association will be formed from the previous association communities Betzdorf and Gebhardshain, which will be called "Betzdorf-Gebhardshain". The seat of their administration is the city of Betzdorf .
On the occasion of the formation of the new association community, the state granted an allocation of 2,000,000 euros.
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of the Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
The election periods of the previous municipal councils of the municipalities of Betzdorf and Gebhardshain as well as the terms of office of the previous mayors ended prematurely on December 31, 2016.
Association municipal council
The Verbandsgemeinderat Betzdorf-Gebhardshain consists of 36 honorary council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the elected municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | Green | left | FWG | total |
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| 2019 | 8th | 15th | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6th | 36 seats |
| 2016 | 13 | 14th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 seats |
- FWG = Free Voter Group Betzdorf eV
mayor
For full-time mayor of the new municipality was founded on September 18, 2016 Bernd Brato (SPD) with 69.2% directly elected . His eight-year term began on January 1, 2017.
Coat of arms and logo
The Verbandsgemeinde does not have a coat of arms but a logo .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ First state law on local and administrative reform of September 28, 2010 (PDF; 685 kB)
- ↑ Database at rlpDirekt, KommWis GmbH ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c State law on territorial changes in the Betzdorf and Gebhardshain municipalities of March 8, 2016 (PDF)
- ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Betzdorf-Gebhardshain. Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
- ^ Verbandsgemeinde Betzdorf-Gebhardshain - municipal elections 2016
