Association municipality of Sankt Goar-Oberwesel
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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ N , 7 ° 44 ′ E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Rhein-Hunsrück district | |
| Residents: | 8872 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Association structure: | 8 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Rathausstrasse 6 55430 Oberwesel |
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| Mayor : | Thomas Bungert ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Sankt Goar-Oberwesel in the Rhein-Hunsrück district | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel was an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The municipality of the association included the towns of Oberwesel and Sankt Goar as well as six independent local communities , the administrative seat was in the town of Oberwesel. The administrative area of the Verbandsgemeinde was on the left bank of the Rhine in the Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site .
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Damscheid | 15.10 | 654 |
| Laudert | 6.17 | 413 |
| Niederburg | 6.78 | 664 |
| Oberwesel , city | 18.08 | 2,781 |
| Perscheid | 18.51 | 347 |
| Sankt Goar , city | 22.93 | 2,779 |
| Arable | 3.55 | 718 |
| Wiebelsheim | 7.32 | 516 |
| Association community as a whole | 98.44 | 8,872 |
Population figures as of December 31, 2019
history
The Verbandsgemeinde was re-established in 1972 as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate functional and territorial reform at the time . On January 1, 2020, the Sankt Goar-Oberwesel community merged with the Emmelshausen community to form the Hunsrück-Mittelrhein community .
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to the area of the Verbandsgemeinde Sankt Goar-Oberwesel, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
Due to the merger of the municipalities of Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel, a new structure was already elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 (see: Result ). The term of office of the previous community councils was extended by state law to December 31, 2019. Last was the local council Sankt Goar-Oberwesel from 24 honorary council members, who in the local elections on May 25, 2014 in a personalized proportional representation were elected, and the full-time mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council was:
| choice | SPD | CDU | FDP | FWVG | total |
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| 2014 | 7th | 13 | 1 | 3 | 24 seats |
| 2009 | 7th | 13 | 1 | 3 | 24 seats |
| 2004 | 7th | 13 | 1 | 3 | 24 seats |
- FWVG = Free Voters of the Association of St. Goar-Oberwesel eV
mayor
The full-time mayor was Thomas Bungert (CDU). In the direct election on September 25, 2016, he was re-elected for eight years with 89.58% of the vote. However, because of the merger of the two municipalities of Emmelshausen and Sankt Goar-Oberwesel by a state law, Bungert's term of office ended prematurely on December 31, 2019.
coat of arms
The coat of arms description reads: “Coat of arms divided, split above; upper right in gold a blue crowned, tongued and armored, looking red lion, upper left in silver a red cross; below, in gold, a red-armored and tongued black eagle. "
The coat of arms refers, top right, to the lower County of Katzenelnbogen , top left, to the Electorate of Trier . The lower field refers to the former free imperial city of Oberwesel .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association municipalities
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ^ A b State of Rhineland-Palatinate: State law on the merger. Section 2 (1) February 12, 2019, accessed on August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
- ^ Rhein-Zeitung: Mayor of St. Goar-Oberwesel re-elected. September 25, 2016, accessed November 30, 2019 .