Walterschen

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′  N , 7 ° 34 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.12 km 2
Residents:	140 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57632
Area code :	02686
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 112
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen-flammersfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Frank-Walter Koch
Location of the local community Walterschen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Walterschen is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

Geographical location

Walterschen is about 3 km south of Weyerbusch and 5 km west of Altenkirchen near the country road 267. The place is surrounded by agricultural land, although there is no longer a corresponding farm on site.

history

Walterschen belonged to the parish Flammersfeld in the county of Sayn and was first mentioned in the documents of the parish court in 1569. After the division of the County of Sayn, Walterschen belonged to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg until 1799 . Until 1806 the place was under the rule of Nassau-Weilburg and until 1815 it belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1815 the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia , and administratively, Walterschen belonged to the Flammersfeld mayor in the newly formed Altenkirchen district in 1816 . Since 1946 the place has belonged to the then newly created state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 65 1835 107 1871 101 1905 123 1939 132 1950 168

year Residents 1961 141 1970 119 1987 115 1997 144 2005 146 2019 140

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Frank-Walter Koch has been the local mayor of Walterschen since the beginning of 2015. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 85.54%. Frank-Walter Koch's predecessor was Karl Walter Bender, who resigned from his mandate in autumn 2014 for personal reasons.

Web links

Commons : Walterschen  - Collection of Images

• Local community Walterschen on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, page 433; ISBN 3-922244-80-7
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Walterschen. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, 62nd result line. Accessed December 31, 2019 . 
6. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: Frank Koch elected local chief. January 11, 2015, accessed December 31, 2019 .