Volkerzen

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Volkerzen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality : Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height : 270 m above sea level NHN
Area : 1.98 km 2
Residents: 85 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 57612
Area code : 02681
License plate : AK
Community key : 07 1 32 110
Association administration address: Rathausstrasse 13
57610 Altenkirchen
Website : www.volkerzen.de
Local Mayor : Knut Eitelberg
Location of the local community Volkerzen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Friesenhagen Harbach (Landkreis Altenkirchen) Niederfischbach Mudersbach Brachbach Kirchen (Sieg) Herdorf Daaden Emmerzhausen Mauden Derschen Nisterberg Friedewald (Westerwald) Weitefeld Niederdreisbach Schutzbach Grünebach Alsdorf (Westerwald) Betzdorf Scheuerfeld Wallmenroth Willroth Krunkel Horhausen (Westerwald) Pleckhausen Güllesheim Obersteinebach Niedersteinebach Bürdenbach Eulenberg (Westerwald) Peterslahr Rott (Westerwald) Burglahr Oberlahr Eichen (Westerwald) Seifen (Westerwald) Seelbach (Westerwald) Flammersfeld Kescheid Reiferscheid Berzhausen Obernau (Westerwald) Walterschen Schürdt Orfgen Ziegenhain (Westerwald) Giershausen Katzwinkel (Sieg) Birken-Honigsessen Wissen (Stadt) Hövels Mittelhof Nauroth Elkenroth Rosenheim (Landkreis Altenkirchen) Kausen Dickendorf Malberg (Westerwald) Steinebach/Sieg Fensdorf Gebhardshain Elben (Westerwald) Steineroth Molzhain Selbach (Sieg) Forst (bei Wissen, Sieg) Bitzen Etzbach Roth (Landkreis Altenkirchen) Bruchertseifen Fürthen Hamm (Sieg) Seelbach bei Hamm (Sieg) Breitscheidt Pracht Birkenbeul Niederirsen Kircheib Hirz-Maulsbach Fiersbach Mehren (Westerwald) Rettersen Ersfeld Hasselbach (Westerwald) Forstmehren Kraam Werkhausen Oberirsen Weyerbusch Hemmelzen Neitersen Birnbach Ölsen Schöneberg (Westerwald) Stürzelbach Fluterschen Oberwambach Berod bei Hachenburg Gieleroth Almersbach Altenkirchen (Westerwald) Michelbach (Westerwald) Ingelbach Sörth Mammelzen Eichelhardt Idelberg Isert Helmeroth Racksen Volkerzen Hilgenroth Obererbach (Westerwald) Bachenberg Busenhausen Heupelzen Wölmersen Kettenhausen Helmenzen Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Neuwied Westerwaldkreis Landkreis Neuwiedmap
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Volkerzen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

Geographical location

Volkerzen is located west of Eichelhardt near the federal highway 256 leading from Altenkirchen to Hamm .

history

Volkerzen was first mentioned in 1473 in a document from the Marienstatt monastery . In 1578 and 1580 the place consisted of eight houses, which corresponds to about 50 residents. In 1714, the residents of Volkerzen, together with neighboring towns, tried in a petition to Duke Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Eisenach to remove the compulsory meal in the Altenkirchen mill and to build their own mill in Niedererbach . In 1718 this permit was granted.

Volkerzen belonged to the county of Sayn and after its division since the 17th century to the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen . Within the county, Volkerzen belonged to the parish of Altenkirchen, which also represented a secular administrative unit and exercised lower jurisdiction . In 1803 the county and thus also Volkerzen were awarded to the Principality of Nassau-Usingen (1806 Duchy of Nassau ) and came to Prussia in 1815 as a result of the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . Under the Prussian administration, Volkerzen belonged to the mayor's office in Altenkirchen in the newly formed district of the same name in the administrative district of Koblenz , which belonged to the Rhine province from 1822 onwards. In 1946 the community became part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Ecclesiastically, Volkerzen was assigned to the Altenkirchen branch church in Hilgenroth . Originally the parish of Altenkirchen belonged to the Archdiocese of Cologne . As a result of the Saynic Reformation , the inhabitants of Volkerzen were introduced to the Lutheran teaching in 1561 and the Reformed teaching in 1605 . Even today, around 55% of the residents are mostly members of the Evangelical Church.

Population development

The development of the population of Volkerzen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 71
1835 81
1871 105
1905 113
1939 100
1950 109
year Residents
1961 94
1970 75
1987 67
1997 90
2005 94
2019 85

politics

Municipal council

The council in Volkerzen consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Volkerzen
Blazon : "Of blue and gold diagonally square , above a golden sun with eighteen wavy rays, in front an open blue book, behind a blue seven-stringed lyre and below three golden crossed ears, from which a golden plow protrudes on both sides."
Reasons for the coat of arms: The symbols of the coat of arms stand for the essential elements of coexistence: The sun standing above all life, the Bible as the word of God, the lyre as a symbol for music, song and happiness as well as the plows and ears of grain as a symbol for the agricultural character of the village . Ore prospecting has not been very successful over the past 200 years.

The new municipal coat of arms was introduced in 1995 and changed after a draft from 1949 so that it corresponds to the heraldic guidelines.

Mayor and mayor

1846–1867 Heinrich Weßler 1919–1920 Wilhelm Enders 1960–1973 Otto Altgeld
1867–1883 ​​Gerhard Schmidt 1920–1929 Wilhelm Becker 1973–1992 Erich Krämer
1883–1888 Gottfried Schmidt 1929–1946 Wilhelm Krämer 1992–2004 Erhard Schäfer
1888–1919 Heinrich Flemmer 1946–1960 Artur Krämer since 2004 Knut Eitelberg

In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Knut Eitelberg was confirmed in his office for a further five years with 97.96% of the vote.

economy

Half of the non-built-up community area consists of forest and half of agricultural land. Unless state forest, the forest is managed by a forest interest group ; three farms have an average of around 53 hectares of agricultural land (as of 2007). The forest areas are also ideal for those seeking relaxation for hiking.

literature

  • Inge Schäfer: Volkerzen. A Westerwalddorf yesterday and today , Volkerzen 1990.
  • Daniel Schneider: The mill trade in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 59 (2016), pp. 219–237.
  • Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in plan , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 58 (2015), pp. 74-80.
  • Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald). The localities Hacksen, Niedererbach, Obererbach and Koberstein from the Middle Ages to the present , 2 volumes, Obererbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027494-7 (with numerous references to Volkerzen).

Web links

Commons : Volkerzen  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. On the compulsory meal and the historical development of the mills in the County of Sayn cf. Daniel Schneider: The milling industry in the county of Sayn-Altenkirchen , pp. 219–233.
  3. See Daniel Schneider: The history of the local community Obererbach (Westerwald) , Vol. II, pages 809-812.
  4. On denominational development cf. Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the plan , pp. 74-80.
  5. a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 61st line of results. Retrieved December 29, 2019 .