Willingen (Westerwald)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
coat of arms Germany map
Coat of arms of the local community Willingen
Willingen (Westerwald)
Map of Germany, position of the community Willingen highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 5 ′  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Rennerod
Height : 570 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.68 km 2
Residents: 271 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 74 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56479
Area code : 02667
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 311
Association administration address: Hauptstrasse 55
56477 Rennerod
Website : www.rennerod.de
Local Mayor : Klaus Wehr
Location of the local community Willingen in the Westerwaldkreis
map

Willingen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg on the border with the State of Hesse . The Nister rises in the village and flows into the Sieg after 64 kilometers . The highest mountain in the Westerwald, the Fuchskaute, belongs to the place .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1413 as Wildungen . In 1440 the place was attacked by troops of the Counts of Sayn in a dispute with Nassau-Beilstein and partly burned down, but unlike several similarly treated villages in the area, it was not desolate. At this point the place must have had its own chapel. In the 1770s the community bought a house as a schoolhouse, but it burned down in 1805. On September 13, 1717 there was a fire that destroyed seven houses and six barns. On July 4, 1805, 32 houses burned down. Willingen had a Heimberger by 1707 at the latest .

The oldest surviving population names for 1562 13 Vogt and three private people in the place. In 1607 twelve men are named, in 1650 nine men, eight women and 20 children. In 1738 the place had 31 fireplaces, in 1782 there were 251 inhabitants and in 1818 264.

In the vicinity of Willingen there were several villages that have since fallen into desolation : Brennfeld was located east of Willingen. It was first mentioned in 1535 and was deserted by 1562 at the latest. At the beginning of the 17th century, the towns of Willingen, Waldaubach, Möhrendorf and Waigandshain argued over the rights of use of the former Brennfelder meadows. Manhausen , which was first mentioned in 1413 and was deserted by 1558 at the latest, must also have been located near today's municipal boundaries between Willingen, Möhrendorf and Waigandshain, as was Schmidthain , first mentioned in 1511 and already deserted in 1535 , which was probably the location of a forest forge . Katzenhausen was about 1.5 kilometers northeast of Willingen. The place was first mentioned in 1403.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Willingen consists of six council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Until 2014, the council had eight councilors.

mayor

Klaus Wehr became mayor of Willingen on August 27, 2018. 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 93.57%.

Wehr's predecessor, Martin Jumel, stepped down from office with effect from April 1, 2018. Klaus Wehr subsequently carried on the official business as first alderman before he was elected mayor by the council in August 2018.

coat of arms

Willingen coat of arms
 Blazon : "Under a green arch, shield head , inside two golden arnica flowers, in gold a half, rising, blue wedge, raised by a gold-grooved, black vault."
Justification of the coat of arms: The vault with the wedge that widens towards the lower edge of the shield represents the spring of nests with the outflowing nister on the Fuchskaute.

Cultural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Despite the small size of the place, there are several businesses. There is a coffin factory in Willingen, there is a local café, an electrical installation company, a tire trade, a metal processing company and a timber construction company.

traffic

literature

  • Hellmuth Gensicke : On the local history of Nassau: parish and court of Neukirch. In: Nassauische Annalen 1981 , pp. 150-168.


Web links

Commons : Willingen  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  3. ↑ a b Report on the meeting of the local council on August 27, 2018. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 36/2018. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
  4. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate line of results. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Klaus Wehr: Announcement of the local community Willingen. Martin Jumel resigns from office. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 15/2018. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 19, 2020 .