Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 36'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Kusel
Area :	237.81 km 2
Residents:	18,045 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	KUS
Association key :	07 3 36 5008
Association structure:	41 municipalities
Association administration address :	Schulstrasse 6 a 67742 Lauterecken
Website :	www.vg-lw.de
Mayor :	Andreas Müller ( SPD )
Location of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein in the Kusel district

The Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipal association includes the towns of Lauterecken and Wolfstein as well as 39 independent local communities , the administrative seat is in Lauterecken, in Wolfstein there is a second administrative office.

The Verbandsgemeinde was newly formed on July 1, 2014 from the merger of the Verbandsgemeinden Lauterecken and Wolfstein .

Association members communities

Local parish, city	Area (km²)	Residents
Adenbach	2.94	147
Aschbach	4.45	318
Buborn	2.86	142
Cronenberg	2.65	153
Deimberg	2.12	99
Oiling	4.89	419
Eßweiler	8.09	380
Ginsweiler	3.99	268
Glan bridges	4.65	475
Grumbach	3.32	448
House hamlet	1.56	47
Hefersweiler	7.20	538
Heinzenhausen	2.22	255
Herren-Sulzbach	2.92	148
Hinzweiler	5.32	339
Hohenöllen	5.17	340
Homberg	10.89	202
Hoppstädten	6.24	281
Jettenbach	10.24	788
Kappeln	7.67	190
Kirrweiler	6.34	161
Kreimbach-Kaulbach	9.05	772
Boring	4.16	237
Lauterecken , city	8.89	1,984
Lohnweiler	4.94	377
Medard	5.99	473
Merzweiler	2.27	154
Nerzweiler	2.13	110
Nussbach	8.12	553
Oberweiler in the valley	4.71	158
Oberweiler-Tiefenbach	3.21	264
Odenbach	7.94	822
Offenbach-Hundheim	7.84	1,054
Reipoltskirchen	7.48	353
Relsberg	3.81	183
Rothselberg	8.74	625
Rutsweiler on the Lauter	4.32	356
Saint Julian	14.07	1,063
Unterjeckenbach	7.38	70
Wiesweiler	3.32	396
Wolfstein , city	13.74	1,903
VG Lauterecken-Wolfstein	237.82	18,045

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

history

The two previous municipalities Lauterecken and Wolfstein were created in 1971 as part of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate . Previously, the administrative structures originating from the Palatinate (Bavaria) (1816–1946) essentially applied in the then administrative district of Palatinate .

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). Otherwise, they should be merged with neighboring municipalities by the 2014 local elections. The so-called voluntary phase ended on June 30, 2012.

Based on the resolutions of the two municipal councils and almost all 41 local councils, the mayors Michael Kolter (Wolfstein municipality) and Egbert Jung (Lauterecken municipality) signed a merger agreement.

In the "State Law on the Voluntary Formation of the New Association of Lauterecken-Wolfstein" of November 22, 2013, it was stipulated that the seat of the new association is the city of Lauterecken and that there will be a second administrative office in the city of Wolfstein .

The state grants the new community of Lauterecken-Wolfstein a one-time, resident-related allocation of 1,019,700 euros on the occasion of its voluntary formation. In addition, the association receives an allocation of 2,000,000 euros to reduce its liabilities.

"Pfälzer Bergland" had also been suggested as the name for the new community.

Population development

The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of ​​the Lauterecken-Wolfstein association; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 13,474 1835 17,903 1871 20,428 1905 22,950 1939 21,885 1950 24.008

year Residents 1961 23,670 1970 23,386 1987 21,504 1997 22,040 2005 20,753 2019 18,045

politics

Association municipal council

The Verbandsgemeinderat Lauterecken-Wolfstein consists of 32 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 municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	LEFT	FWG	total
2019	10	9	3	2	8th	32 seats
2014	12	9	2	2	7th	32 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group of the Lauterecken-Wolfstein e. V.

mayor

Egbert Jung (independent) was elected mayor of the new community on June 8, 2014. His eight-year term began on July 1, 2014. Egbert Jung died on December 17, 2017 at the age of 60. Andreas Müller (SPD) was elected as the new mayor in a run-off election on May 6, 2018 with a share of 52.2% of the votes, after none of the original three applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election on April 15, 2018.

Web links

• Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} State law on the voluntary formation of the new Lauterecken-Wolfstein association of November 22, 2013
3. ↑ First state law on local and administrative reform of September 28, 2010 (PDF; 685 kB)
4. ↑ Official Journal of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken from June 20, 2012, Article: Fusion contractually sealed ( PDF file )
5. ^ Rhein-Zeitung of March 15, 2012: Fusion 2014: Verbandsgemeinden Lauterecken and Wolfstein become VG "Pfälzer Bergland"
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Lauterecken-Wolfstein. Retrieved August 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ Association mayor Egbert Jung has passed away . ( rheinpfalz.de [accessed December 20, 2017]).
9. ^ The Rheinpfalz: SPD man Andreas Müller wins runoff election in VG Lauterecken-Wolfstein. May 6, 2018, accessed December 9, 2019 .