Verbandsgemeinde Unkel
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Coordinates: 50 ° 36 ' N , 7 ° 13' E |
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| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Neuwied | |
| Area : | 26.53 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 13,002 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 490 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | NO | |
| Association key : | 07 1 38 5007 | |
| Association structure: | 4 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Linzer Strasse 4 53572 Unkel |
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| Mayor : | Karsten Fehr (independent) | |
| Location of the Unkel community in the Neuwied district | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Unkel is an administrative unit in the legal form of a regional authority in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The Verbandsgemeinde consists of three independent local communities and the city of Unkel . The administrative seat is in the eponymous city of Unkel.
location
The administrative area of the Verbandsgemeinde is to the right of the Rhine , directly on the border with North Rhine-Westphalia . It stretches from the banks of the Middle Rhine in the west to the foothills of the Westerwald in the east and is part of the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park . In the north it borders on the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Bad Honnef , in the east and south on the municipalities of Asbach and Linz am Rhein, and in the west on the left - bank city of Remagen on the left bank of the Rhine . The municipality is crossed in a north-south direction by the federal highway 42 and the right Rhine route, which run largely parallel to one another in the Rhine Valley.
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Bruchhausen | 2.58 | 955 |
| drake | 9.21 | 2,550 |
| Rheinbreitbach | 6.58 | 4,493 |
| Unkel , city | 8.16 | 5,004 |
| Verbandsgemeinde Unkel | 26.53 | 13.002 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
history
The Verbandsgemeinde Unkel was created on October 1, 1968 in the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate functional and territorial reform from the coincident mayor of Unkel, which has existed since 1816 (since 1927 "Amt Unkel"). As part of a regional reform passed by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 2010, the municipalities of Linz am Rhein and Bad Hönningen were asked to merge based on their population (less than 12,000 inhabitants in the VG Bad Hönnigen), and the municipality of Unkel announced that it would also participate in one Merger with the announced VG Linz-Bad Hönningen to be interested. A decision should be made in 2019.
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of the Verbandsgemeinde Unkel; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
The Unkel Verbandsgemeinderat consists of 28 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 | GREEN | FDP | LEFT | AfD | FWG | UWG | total |
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| 2019 | 7th | 12 | 6th | - | - | - | - | 3 | 28 seats |
| 2014 | 8th | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 seats |
| 2009 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 28 seats |
| 2004 | 9 | 15th | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 28 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group Verbandsgemeinde Unkel eV
- UWG = Independent Voting Association rheinbreitbach.de
mayor
Karsten Fehr (independent) became mayor of the Unkel community on April 1, 2012. In the direct election on November 24, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further eight years with a share of 70.2% of the votes. Fehr's predecessor as mayor was Werner Zimmermann (CDU).
coat of arms
The blazon reads: “Under a silver shield head, inside a green diagonal wave bar, split by red and gold. In front two slanted golden keys with turned away beards, angled by four silver hexagons; behind a red bunch of grapes with two green leaves. "
The wavy bar indicates the location on the Rhine. A wave bar is also shown in the Rheinbreitbach coat of arms. The Peter key and the hexagonal stones are taken from the coat of arms of the city of Unkel. The Petrus keys are also depicted in the Erpel coat of arms. The red grape symbolizes the cultivation of wine in the community area, especially the Unkeler red wine. A bunch of grapes is also shown in the coat of arms of Bruchhausen. Legally valid since September 21, 1949.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ Merger of VG Linz, Bad Hönningen, Unkel is the topic. In: NR-Kurier. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg, June 5, 2018, accessed on September 1, 2018 .
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
- ↑ Results VG Unkel | Verbandsgemeinde Unkel. Retrieved May 29, 2019 .
- ^ Verbandsgemeinde Unkel: Mayor Karsten Fehr re-elected. November 26, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Annette Claus: Successor Karsten Fehr sworn in: Farewell to Unkeler VG boss Werner Zimmermann. General-Anzeiger Bonn, March 30, 2012, accessed on December 19, 2019 .
