Verbandsgemeinde Gebhardshain

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E
Basic data (as of 2017)
Existing period:	1968-2017
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Area :	48.99 km 2
Residents:	10,797 (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density :	220 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	AK
Association key :	07 1 32 5005
Association structure:	12 municipalities
Association administration address :	Rathausplatz 1 57580 Gebhardshain

Location of the association in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

The Verbandsgemeinde Gebhardshain 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 twelve independent local communities , the administrative seat was in the eponymous community Gebhardshain .

On January 1, 2017, the Gebhardshain association was dissolved, and the associated municipalities were assigned to the new Betzdorf-Gebhardshain association.

Association members communities

Local parish	Area (km²)	Residents
Dickendorf	1.45	357
Elves	2.38	335
Elkenroth	8.15	1,819
Fensdorf	2.17	393
Gebhardshain	5.97	1.911
Chew	3.61	762
Malberg	4.31	976
Molzhain	2.91	533
Nauroth	6.86	1,123
Rosenheim (Altenkirchen district)	4.10	767
Steinebach / victory	4.55	1,241
Steineroth	2.53	580
Verbandsgemeinde Gebhardshain	48.98	10,797

(Residents as of December 31, 2015)

history

The municipality was created on 1 October 1968 as the successor to the group formed in 1816 mayoralty Gebhardshain (1927 Office ).

Population development

Development of the population, based on the area of ​​the Gebhardshain community when it was dissolved, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 1.915 1835 2,474 1871 3,235 1905 4,744 1939 6,422 1950 6,837

year Residents 1961 7,955 1970 9,182 1987 9,595 1997 11,059 2005 11,230 2015 10,797

politics

Association municipal council

The last municipal council in Gebhardshain consisted 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	FWG	total
2014	5	15th	-	8th	28 seats
2009	5	15th	2	6th	28 seats
2004	5	17th	1	5	28 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Verbandsgemeinde Gebhardshain eV

mayor

Since July 1, 2002, the CDU local politician Konrad Schwan, elected in the first ballot on October 28, 2001 with a share of the votes of 51.11%, has been mayor. On September 27, 2009, he was re-elected for a second term ending June 30, 2018. The share of the vote this time was 82.4%.

• 1964-1975: Hermann Hendricks (until 1968 mayor of the Gebhardshain office )
• 1975‒1984: Roland Schons
• 1984‒2002: Günter Schneider
• 2002–2016: Konrad Schwan (* 1953) (CDU)

coat of arms

Blazon : "In the red field three silver diamonds diagonally to the right, accompanied by three golden lilies above and below."

Significance: The coat of arms of the Gebhardshain community takes on the coat of arms of the von Gevertzhagen family, which has been mentioned in several documents since the first half of the 13th century and which was wealthy in the area around Gebhardshain.

Constituencies

In state elections , the communities belonging to the Gebhardshain community belonged to constituency 02-Altenkirchen , in federal elections to constituency 198-Neuwied .

literature

• Konrad Fuchs : History of the Gebhardshain Association. 1815-1970. Krach, Mainz 1982, ISBN 3-87439-082-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate Number of residents in the municipalities on December 31, 2015
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
4. ↑ Overview of the mayors on the website of the Gebhardshain community
5. ↑ Description of the coat of arms on the website of the Gebhardshain community