Association municipality Flammersfeld
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Coordinates: 50 ° 39 ' N , 7 ° 32' E |
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| Basic data (as of 2019) | ||
| Existing period: | 1968-2019 | |
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | |
| Residents: | 12,203 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Association structure: | 26 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Rheinstrasse 17 57632 Flammersfeld |
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| last mayor: | Ottmar Fuchs (independent) | |
| Location of the community of Flammersfeld in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Flammersfeld was an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional body in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate . The association community consisted of 26 independent local communities , the administrative seat was in the eponymous community Flammersfeld . The Verbandsgemeinde emerged from the former Flammersfeld office in 1968 as part of the first regional reform in Rhineland-Palatinate . On January 1, 2020, the merger with the Altenkirchen community to form the Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld community took place .
Association members communities
| Local parish | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Berzhausen | 2.37 | 204 |
| Bürdenbach | 2.80 | 587 |
| Burglahr | 2.87 | 496 |
| Oak trees | 4.27 | 544 |
| Eulenberg | 1.16 | 48 |
| Flammersfeld | 4.06 | 1,356 |
| Giershausen | 2.11 | 112 |
| Güllesheim | 2.20 | 726 |
| Horhausen (Westerwald) | 4.72 | 2,026 |
| Kescheid | 4.82 | 119 |
| Krunkel | 2.81 | 617 |
| Niedersteinebach | 0.79 | 216 |
| Oberlahr | 2.82 | 750 |
| Obernau | 1.48 | 187 |
| Obersteinebach | 3.33 | 245 |
| Orfgen | 3.74 | 236 |
| Peterslahr | 2.31 | 293 |
| Pleckhausen | 1.99 | 821 |
| Reiferscheid | 2.13 | 430 |
| Red | 9.79 | 371 |
| Stokes | 2.01 | 257 |
| Seelbach (Westerwald) | 2.99 | 294 |
| Soap | 2.95 | 119 |
| Walterschen | 2.12 | 140 |
| Willroth | 1.97 | 859 |
| Goat grove | 0.71 | 150 |
| Association municipality Flammersfeld | 75.34 | 12.203 |
Population figures as of December 31, 2019
Population development
Development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of the Verbandsgemeinde Flammersfeld; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
Due to the 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 Flammersfeld municipal council, which was still in office for the entire 2019 calendar year, consisted of 28 voluntary 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 former municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | GREEN | FDP | WGR | total |
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| 2014 | 8th | 15th | 2 | 1 | 2 | 28 seats |
| 2009 | 7th | 15th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 28 seats |
| 2004 | 7th | 17th | 2 | 2 | - | 28 seats |
mayor
Ottmar Fuchs (independent) became mayor of the Flammersfeld community on January 1, 2015. In the direct election on May 25, 2014, he was originally elected for eight years with a share of the vote of 60.94%. His term of office ended prematurely on December 31, 2019 due to the merger of the municipalities of Altenkirchen and Flammersfeld by state law. At the same time, Fuchs was put into temporary retirement.
The first directly elected mayor was Josef Zolk (CDU) from 1999 to 2014.
Constituencies
In state elections , the municipalities belonging to the Flammersfeld community belonged to constituency 02-Altenkirchen , in federal elections to constituency 198-Neuwied .
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 State of Rhineland-Palatinate: State law on the merger. Section 2 (1) October 10, 2018, accessed on August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct election 2014: Flammersfeld, VG. May 27, 2014, accessed December 20, 2019 .
- ^ Citizen Courier Rhein-Westerwald-Sieg: Oberlahr - Mayor Ottmar Fuchs said goodbye. November 30, 2019, accessed December 20, 2019 .
- ^ NR-Kurier: Mayor Josef Zolk hands over office to Ottmar Fuchs. December 13, 2014, accessed December 20, 2019 .