Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg)

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Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg)
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Coordinates: 50 ° 46 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Area : 42.31 km 2
Residents: 12,521 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 296 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : AK
Association key : 07 1 32 5006
Association structure: 12 municipalities
Association administration address
:
Lindenallee 2
57577 Hamm (Sieg)
Website : www.hamm-sieg.de
Mayor : Dietmar Henrich
Location of the community of Hamm (Sieg) in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Friesenhagen Harbach (Landkreis Altenkirchen) Niederfischbach Mudersbach Brachbach Kirchen (Sieg) Herdorf Daaden Emmerzhausen Mauden Derschen Nisterberg Friedewald (Westerwald) Weitefeld Niederdreisbach Schutzbach Grünebach Alsdorf (Westerwald) Betzdorf Scheuerfeld Wallmenroth Willroth Krunkel Horhausen (Westerwald) Pleckhausen Güllesheim Obersteinebach Niedersteinebach Bürdenbach Eulenberg (Westerwald) Peterslahr Rott (Westerwald) Burglahr Oberlahr Eichen (Westerwald) Seifen (Westerwald) Seelbach (Westerwald) Flammersfeld Kescheid Reiferscheid Berzhausen Obernau (Westerwald) Walterschen Schürdt Orfgen Ziegenhain (Westerwald) Giershausen Katzwinkel (Sieg) Birken-Honigsessen Wissen (Stadt) Hövels Mittelhof Nauroth Elkenroth Rosenheim (Landkreis Altenkirchen) Kausen Dickendorf Malberg (Westerwald) Steinebach/Sieg Fensdorf Gebhardshain Elben (Westerwald) Steineroth Molzhain Selbach (Sieg) Forst (bei Wissen, Sieg) Bitzen Etzbach Roth (Landkreis Altenkirchen) Bruchertseifen Fürthen Hamm (Sieg) Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg) Breitscheidt Pracht Birkenbeul Niederirsen Kircheib Hirz-Maulsbach Fiersbach Mehren (Westerwald) Rettersen Ersfeld Hasselbach (Westerwald) Forstmehren Kraam Werkhausen Oberirsen Weyerbusch Hemmelzen Neitersen Birnbach Ölsen Schöneberg (Westerwald) Stürzelbach Fluterschen Oberwambach Berod bei Hachenburg Gieleroth Almersbach Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Michelbach (Westerwald) Ingelbach Sörth Mammelzen Eichelhardt Idelberg Isert Helmeroth Racksen Volkerzen Hilgenroth Obererbach (Westerwald) Bachenberg Busenhausen Heupelzen Wölmersen Kettenhausen Helmenzen Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Neuwied Westerwaldkreis Landkreis Neuwiedmap
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The Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional body in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Verbandsgemeinde belong to twelve independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous community Hamm (Sieg) .

geography

The Verbandsgemeinde comprises the northwest of the Altenkirchen district. In the west and north it borders on the North Rhine-Westphalian communities of Windeck and Morsbach . The two association communities Altenkirchen and Wissen limit it to the south and east.

Association members communities

Local parish Area (km²) Residents
Birch bump 4.76 427
Bitches 2.30 721
Breitscheidt 3.66 983
Bruchertseifen 2.89 775
Etzbach 3.05 1,296
Forest 4.25 553
Fürthen 2.20 1,168
Hamm (victory) 3.66 3,483
Niederirsen 2.84 92
Splendor 5.50 1,435
Roth 3.80 1,464
Seelbach near Hamm (victory) 3.40 124
Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg) 42.31 12,521

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Population development

Development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of ​​the Verbandsgemeinde Hamm (Sieg); the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 2.175
1835 2,814
1871 4,424
1905 5,527
1939 6,881
1950 7,482
year Residents
1961 8,195
1970 9,664
1987 10,297
1997 12,784
2005 13,166
2019 12,521

politics

Association municipal council

The local council Hamm (Sieg) consists of 28 honorary council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation were elected, and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU FDP GREEN FWG total
2019 9 8th 2 3 6th 28 seats
2014 12 10 1 - 5 28 seats
2009 11 9 3 - 5 28 seats
2004 11 10 3 - 4th 28 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Groups Verbandsgemeinde Hamm / Sieg e. V.

mayor

Dietmar Henrich (independent) became mayor of the community of Hamm on January 1, 2018. In the runoff election on October 15, 2017, he was elected to this office for eight years with 79.77% of the vote, after none of the original four applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election on September 24, 2017. Henrich is the successor to Rainer Buttstedt, who held the office for 25 years.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Verbandsgemeinde Hamm
Blazon : “In red, silver, sloping beam to the left, covered with a blue-armored and tongued golden leopard holding a silver comb in its paws, silver hammers and mallets crossed diagonally in the base of the shield. 13 green balls in the silver shield rim. "

Constituencies

In the case of state elections , the municipalities belonging to the community of Hamm (Sieg) belong to constituency 02-Altenkirchen , and in federal elections to constituency 198-Neuwied .

literature

  • Hans Günter Mack: Home book for Hamm (Sieg) and the district of Hamm (Sieg). Wilhelm Dieckmann, Altenkirchen 1956.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Hamm (Sieg). Retrieved August 11, 2019 .
  4. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct election 2017: Hamm (Sieg), VG. October 16, 2017, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  5. ^ AK-Kurier: An era is coming to an end: Change of mayor of VG Hamm. December 15, 2017, accessed December 20, 2019 .
  6. Coat of arms and heraldic explanation