Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal
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Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ' N , 7 ° 23' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Kusel | |
| Area : | 155.95 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 29,109 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 187 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | KUS | |
| Association key : | 07 3 36 5009 | |
| Association structure: | 23 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Rathausstrasse 8 66901 Schönenberg-Kübelberg |
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| Mayor : | Christoph Lothschütz ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the community of Upper Glantal in the district of Kusel | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Oberes Glantal is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was created on January 1st, 2017 from the voluntary amalgamation of the municipalities of Glan-Münchweiler , Schönenberg-Kübelberg and Waldmohr . 23 independent local communities belong to it, the administrative seat is in Schönenberg-Kübelberg .
Association members communities
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
history
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). This population was not reached by the municipalities of Glan-Münchweiler and Waldmohr.
On July 13, 2016, the “State law on the amalgamation of the municipalities Glan-Münchweiler, Schönenberg-Kübelberg and Waldmohr” was passed in the state parliament. The law stipulates that on January 1, 2017, a new community will be formed from the previous three association communities, which will be called "Upper Glantal". The seat of their administration is Schönenberg-Kübelberg .
On the occasion of the formation of the new association, the state granted an allocation of 3,000,000 euros.
politics
The election times of the previous municipal councils of the municipalities Glan-Münchweiler, Schönenberg-Kübelberg and Waldmohr as well as the terms of office of the previous mayors ended prematurely on December 31, 2016.
Association municipal council
The Verbandsgemeinderat Oberes Glantal consists of 36 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 elected municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | AfD | Green | LEFT | FWG | WGR | total |
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| 2019 | 10 | 10 | 4th | 4th | 1 | 6th | 1 | 36 seats |
| 2016 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 36 seats |
- FWG = Free Voters Group Oberes Glantal e. V.
- WGR = voter group "Baumgärtner"
mayor
On December 18, 2016, Christoph Lothschütz (CDU) was directly elected full-time mayor of the new municipality in a runoff election with 68.54% . His eight-year term began on January 1, 2017.
Municipal partnerships
- Szabadszállás , Hungary , since October 3, 1997
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ First state law on local and administrative reform of September 28, 2010 (PDF; 685 kB)
- ↑ Decision of the state parliament of July 13, 2016
- ↑ a b Draft for the state law on the amalgamation of the municipalities of Glan-Münchweiler, Schönenberg-Kübelberg and Waldmohr of June 16, 2016 with corresponding explanations - printed matter 17/137
- ↑ State law on the amalgamation of the municipalities of Glan-Münchweiler, Schönenberg-Kübelberg and Waldmohr of July 22, 2016 (PDF)
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local elections May 26, 2019 in RLP. (PDF) p. 22, PDF. June 24, 2019, accessed August 17, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections of the full-time mayors
