Association municipality of Ransbach-Baumbach
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Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ' N , 7 ° 44' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Westerwaldkreis | |
| Area : | 49.66 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 15,024 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 303 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | WW | |
| Association key : | 07 1 43 5005 | |
| Association structure: | 11 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Rheinstrasse 50 56235 Ransbach-Baumbach |
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| Mayor : | Michael Merz | |
| Location of the community of Ransbach-Baumbach in the Westerwaldkreis | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Ransbach-Baumbach is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association includes the town of Ransbach-Baumbach and ten independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous town of Ransbach-Baumbach.
The administrative area is located in the Kannenbäckerland between the Rhine-Westerwald and Nassau nature parks .
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Alsbach | 4.76 | 636 |
| Breitenau | 6.04 | 704 |
| Caan | 3.44 | 705 |
| Deesen | 3.39 | 668 |
| Hundsdorf | 1.40 | 435 |
| Nauort | 6.42 | 2,209 |
| Oberhaid | 1.92 | 389 |
| Ransbach-Baumbach , city | 12.14 | 7,783 |
| Sessenbach | 2.79 | 503 |
| Wirscheid | 2.68 | 329 |
| Wittgert | 4.68 | 663 |
| Association municipality of Ransbach-Baumbach | 49.67 | 15,024 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of the Ransbach-Baumbach community; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
The local council Ransbach-Baumbach consists of 32 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. In the 2019 election, the number of council members increased from 28 to 32.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | AfD | FDP | GREEN | FWG | WGH | total |
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| 2019 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 2 | 32 seats |
| 2014 | 5 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | 7th | - | 28 seats |
| 2009 | 5 | 13 | - | - | 2 | 8th | - | 28 seats |
| 2004 | 6th | 20th | - | - | 2 | 0 | - | 28 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group of the Association of Ransbach-Baumbach e. V.
- WGH = Hoffmann voters group
mayor
Mayor elections were held in the community of Ransbach-Baumbach on September 10, 2006, as the previous incumbent Gottfried Dahm resigned for reasons of age. The non-party Michael Merz was elected as the new mayor with 74% of the vote. In the 2014 election he was re-elected for a further eight years with 89.6%.
Local partnership
The parish of Rukoma in the Mirenge parish in Rwanda has been a partner region of the Ransbach-Baumbach parish since April 2005.
coat of arms
Blazon : "Within a red Bordes , coated with eleven silver edge cubes in silver over green waves sign foot a blue salt ceramic handle jug with foot, covered with a leaping silver deer on just such tendrils."
Justification for the coat of arms: The colors red and silver represent the Isenburg colors, nine of the local communities originally belonged to the county of Isenburg as an originally Electorate of Trier fiefdom until 1664 . The eleven silver cubes symbolize the eleven parishes belonging to it. The blue jug with the jumping silver deer indicates the pottery trade (jug baker) that has been practiced for several centuries. The green wave base symbolizes tourism.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Association council election 2019 Ransbach-Baumbach. Retrieved August 26, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
- ^ Westerwälder Zeitung: 2nd electoral period: Michael Merz remains mayor of the pottery town. May 26, 2014, accessed December 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Description of the coat of arms of the Ransbach-Baumbach community on www.ransbach-baumbach.de
