Westum

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Westum
Association-free city of Sinzig
Coordinates: 50 ° 32 ′ 14 "  N , 7 ° 13 ′ 50"  E
Height : 99 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1681  (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 53489
Area code : 02642
Westum (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Westum

Location of Westum in Rhineland-Palatinate

St. Peter in Westum
St. Peter in Westum

Westum is a district of Sinzig in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler . The Beulerhof and Nikolaushof residential areas belong to Westum .

Westum is commonly called "Murreland", in High German as much as "Möhrenland" or "Karottenland", because since then it was no longer possible to grow wine in Westum due to poor conditions, and vegetables and mainly carrots were grown. Also derived from this is the derisive name for the inhabitants of Westum, which, however, has developed into a folkloristic name of their own, "Murreköpp", which means something like "carrot heads".

history

Place name

Throughout history, the name Westum has changed many times:

  • 836: Wistrikesheim
  • 880: Uuizrichesheim
  • 1120: west
  • 1219: Weistheim
  • 1227: West Heym
  • 1250: West Hem
  • 1570: West Humb
  • 1797: Westum

Incorporation

On June 7, 1969, Westum was incorporated into the city of Sinzig.

politics

District

Westum is one of six districts of the city of Sinzig and includes the area of ​​the formerly independent municipality. The district is politically represented by a local advisory council and a local mayor .

Local advisory board

The local council consists of seven members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local advisory board:

choice SPD CDU FDP Green FWG total
2019 0 3 0 2 2 7 seats
2014 1 3 - 1 2 7 seats
2009 0 3 - 1 3 7 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Group “Bürgerliste Sinzig e. V. "

Mayor

Mario Wettlaufer (FWG) became mayor of Westum on August 15, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 55.20% of the vote.

Wettlaufer's predecessors were Wolfgang Kistner (mayor 2014 to 2019) and Bernd Kriechel (until 2014).

Buildings

The Church of St. Peter (Westum) was built in the 19th century.

literature

  • Jürgen Haffke, Bernhard Koll (Ed.): Sinzig and its districts - yesterday and today. Sinzig 1983 [not evaluated]

Web links

Commons : Westum  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Residents in the districts of Sinzig ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 5 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. a b History of Westum
  4. Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 178 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  5. Main statutes of the city of Sinzig. (PDF) § 4 and June 27, 2019, accessed on July 23, 2020 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council election 2019 Westum. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council Election 2014 Westum. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local Advisory Council Election 2009 Westum. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
  9. Mayor and local advisory board. Dorfgemeinschaft Westum e. V., accessed on July 23, 2020 .
  10. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Sinzig, non-association municipality, last line of results. Retrieved July 23, 2020 .
  11. ^ Judith Schumacher: Westum: Wolfgang Kistner elected mayor. In: Rhein-Zeitung. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, December 21, 2014, accessed on July 23, 2020 .