Verbandsgemeinde Emmelshausen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′ N , 7 ° 33 ′ E |
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| Basic data (as of 2019) | ||
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Rhein-Hunsrück district | |
| Residents: | 14,653 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Association structure: | 25 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Rathausstrasse 1 56281 Emmelshausen |
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| last mayor: | Peter Unkel (independent) | |
| Location of the Emmelshausen community in the Rhein-Hunsrück district | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Emmelshausen was an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association included the city of Emmelshausen and 24 independent local communities , the administrative seat was in the eponymous city of Emmelshausen. On January 1, 2020, the Emmelshausen community merged with the Sankt Goar-Oberwesel community to form the Hunsrück-Mittelrhein community .
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Badenhard | 3.00 | 141 |
| Bulging | 13.28 | 488 |
| Bickenbach | 6.39 | 365 |
| Birkheim | 2.30 | 148 |
| Dörth | 5.15 | 507 |
| Emmelshausen , city | 7.91 | 4,862 |
| Gondershausen | 13.45 | 1,280 |
| Halsenbach | 10.04 | 1,284 |
| House bay | 3.24 | 203 |
| Hungry red | 6.02 | 253 |
| Karbach | 4.98 | 628 |
| Kratzenburg | 7.15 | 392 |
| Leiningen | 5.75 | 703 |
| Linger tap | 6.01 | 480 |
| Maisborn | 1.47 | 133 |
| Mermuth | 4.92 | 248 |
| Morshausen | 7.56 | 346 |
| Mill path | 1.39 | 70 |
| Ney | 5.60 | 353 |
| Niedert | 2.21 | 123 |
| Norath | 3.30 | 474 |
| Pfalzfeld | 5.27 | 615 |
| Torrent | 1.77 | 312 |
| Thörlingen | 2.24 | 137 |
| Utzenhain | 4.47 | 108 |
| Verbandsgemeinde Emmelshausen | 134.88 | 14,653 |
Population figures as of December 31, 2019
Population development
The development of the population related to the area of the Verbandsgemeinde Emmelshausen; 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 municipalities of Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel on January 1, 2020, a new structure was already elected in the municipal elections on May 26, 2019 (see: Result ). The term of office of the previous community councils was extended by state law to December 31, 2019. The Emmelshausen municipal council, which is still in office for the entire 2019 calendar year, consists of 28 honorary council members who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 25, 2014 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | LEFT | FWG | total |
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| 2014 | 7th | 15th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 28 seats |
| 2009 | 6th | 15th | 2 | 0 | 5 | 28 seats |
| 2004 | 8th | 18th | 2 | - | 4th | 32 seats |
- FWG = Free Voters Group Emmelshausen eV
mayor
The full-time mayor is Peter Unkel (non-party). In the direct election on June 3, 2012, he was re-elected for eight years with 90.89% of the vote. However, Unkel's term of office will end prematurely on December 31, 2019 due to the merger of the two municipalities of Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel through a state law.
coat of arms
Blazon : “Within a shield border split by gold and red ; split by red and gold; in front a silver bar; behind a blue crowned and armored looking, double-tailed red lion. "
The coat of arms was awarded on January 17, 1973 by the Koblenz district government . The front half of the shield refers to the seal of the Gallscheid court in the Kurtrier colors. The lion in the back half of the shield refers to the former belonging to the lower county of Katzenelnbogen . The shield border as such marks the coat of arms as that of an office .
traffic
In terms of transport, the municipality is developed through the federal motorway 61 and the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse . The Hunsrück Railway runs between Boppard in the Rhine Valley and Emmelshausen - the steepest non-gear-driven railway line in Germany .
societies
Around 100 associations in the Emmelshausen community are responsible for a large number of local festivals and events and thus make a contribution to social interaction and the maintenance of customs .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Almost unanimously on the merger. WochenSpiegel Hunsrück, 22 August 2018, p. 1.
- ↑ 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 State of Rhineland-Palatinate: State law on the merger. Section 2 (1) February 12, 2019, accessed on August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
- ^ Rhein-Hunsrück-Zeitung: VG Emmelshausen: Mayor Unkel confirmed with over 90 percent. June 4, 2012, accessed November 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Coat of arms of the Emmelshausen community