Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg
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Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ' N , 7 ° 58' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| County : | Westerwaldkreis | |
| Area : | 111.5 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 22,670 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 203 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| License plate : | WW | |
| Association key : | 07 1 43 5009 | |
| Association structure: | 24 municipalities | |
| Association administration address : |
Neumarkt 1 56457 Westerburg |
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| Mayor : | Markus Hof ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Westerburg in the Westerwaldkreis | ||
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The Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg 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 city of Westerburg and 23 independent local communities , the administrative seat is in the eponymous city of Westerburg.
In the course of location marketing, the association also calls itself Westerburger Land .
Association members communities
| Local parish, city | Area (km²) | Residents |
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| Ailertchen | 5.58 | 594 |
| Bellingen | 4.29 | 600 |
| Berzhahn | 3.27 | 494 |
| Brandscheid | 3.03 | 476 |
| Enspel | 1.46 | 267 |
| Gemünden | 5.19 | 984 |
| Girkenroth | 5.19 | 600 |
| Peep home | 3.77 | 939 |
| Half | 2.12 | 355 |
| Härtlingen | 3.19 | 375 |
| Hergenroth | 1.89 | 421 |
| Heck | 13.68 | 3,018 |
| Kaden | 2.25 | 581 |
| Koelbingen | 4.07 | 1.009 |
| Langenhahn | 5.75 | 1,394 |
| Pottum | 4.36 | 1,056 |
| Rotenhain | 4.10 | 519 |
| Rothenbach | 6.74 | 907 |
| Stahlhofen am Wiesensee | 2.42 | 334 |
| Stockum puffs | 3.54 | 639 |
| Weltersburg | 2.66 | 310 |
| Westerburg , city | 18.48 | 5,657 |
| Willmenrod | 3.63 | 656 |
| Win | 3.26 | 485 |
| Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg | 111.50 | 22,670 |
(Residents on December 31, 2019)
Population development
The development of the number of inhabitants in relation to today's area of the Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Association municipal council
The Verbandsgemeinderat Westerburg consists of 36 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 | FDP | GREEN | FWG | WuB | total |
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| 2019 | 8th | 15th | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6th | 36 seats |
| 2014 | 10 | 17th | - | - | 3 | 6th | 36 seats |
| 2009 | 10 | 17th | - | - | 2 | 7th | 36 seats |
| 2004 | 8th | 19th | - | 0 | 2 | 7th | 36 seats |
- FWG = Free Voter Group Verbandsgemeinde Westerburg e. V.
- WuB = We independent citizens of Westerburger Land e. V.
mayor
Markus Hof (CDU) became mayor of the community of Westerburg on October 1, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected to this office for eight years with a share of 64.4% of the votes. Hof is the successor to Gerhard Loos (CDU).
coat of arms
Blazon : “Quartered by a golden bar cross, in 1 in red five golden crosses (2: 1: 2), in 2 in blue a red -armored and tongued , golden lion , in 3 in blue a left-facing, gold-armored, footed and tongued , silver eagle and in 4 in silver a continuous, red bar cross. "
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 Westerburg. Retrieved August 26, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, Verbandsgemeinderatswahlen
- ^ Westerwälder Zeitung: Change at the top of the VG: Markus Hof succeeds Gerhard Loos. September 30, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 .
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Direct election 2019: Westerburg, VG. May 26, 2019, accessed December 19, 2019 .
