Wirges

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Coat of arms of the city of Wirges
Wirges
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Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 48'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Wirges
Height : 267 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.13 km 2
Residents: 5420 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 535 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56422
Area code : 02602
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 081
Association administration address: Bahnhofstrasse 10
56422 Wirges
Website : www.wirges.eu
City Mayor : Andreas Weidenfeller ( CDU )
Location of the city of Wirges in the Westerwaldkreis
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Wirges is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate and the administrative seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges , to which it also belongs. Wirges is designated as a medium-sized center according to state planning .

Geographical location

Wirges is located in a high trough of the front Westerwald between the mountains Köppel ( 540.2  m ) in the southwest, Malberg ( 422  m ) in the northeast and the Wirges "local mountain" Steimel ( 333.7  m ) in the north. A Marienkapelle was built there in 1865, which can be reached from the village via a crossroads. On the Steimel there is a small educational trail through a bird sanctuary.

To the west of Wirges is the “Silbersee”, a 4.5 hectare pond that is used by Wirges fishing enthusiasts.

Panorama of Wirges (Westerwald)
Center of the city of Wirges with the "Westerwald Cathedral"

history

Wirges was first mentioned in a document in 958. The town charter was awarded on May 10, 1975th

middle Ages

The first written evidence for the existence of a parish village Wirges in the area of ​​the manorial rule Humbach (Montabaur) is a deed of donation from King Otto I of April 29, 958. The historical document concerns a royal court in Wirges, which then became the property of the count's widow Engersgau , Duke Hermann I of Swabia, passes over.

A little later, Duchess Reginlind von Schwaben bequeathed the farm to the Koblenzer Florinsstift , which in 1018 AD was given away by Emperor Heinrich II. With all the properties belonging to it to the Archbishop of Trier, Poppo von Babenberg .

The Fronhof in Widergis, mentioned in 1211 in the Liber annalium iurium (list of goods) of the Archbishopric of Trier, is certainly identical to the earlier royal court from the 10th century. It is not known who managed it.

From 1217, however, a knight Conradus de Widergis belongs to the castle team of Montabaur. He is probably the earliest Wirgesian known by name.

20th century

At the beginning of the National Socialist era, there was a communist underground newspaper Die Bombe von Wirges in Wirges, which was published by Helmuth Preußer (1905-1944). After the newspaper was blown in July 1933, Helmuth Preusser fled to Saarland, but was later arrested and drafted into parole 999 , where he was killed a short time later during an assignment in Yugoslavia.

religion

Around 52 percent of the population belong to the Roman Catholic Church (parish of St. Bonifatius, Diocese of Limburg ), and 21 percent to the Protestant church (Martin Luther parish in Wirges, Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau ). About 15 percent belong to other religious communities. Religious affiliation is not recorded for around 12 percent of the population. In addition to the two large churches, there is a Mennonite congregation and two Islamic prayer rooms.

The " Westerwald Cathedral ", the Catholic parish church of St. Bonifatius, is characteristic of the place. In 1885 the foundation stone for the neo-Gothic church was laid. It was consecrated by the Limburg bishop in 1887. The Dernbacher Sisters were founded in this church in 1851 by Maria Katharina Kasper, who was canonized in 2018 .

politics

town hall

City council

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The city ​​council in Wirges consists of 22 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary city ​​mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the city council:

choice SPD CDU FDP FWG total
2019 8th 10 4th - 22 seats
2014 8th 12 2 - 22 seats
2009 12 8th 2 - 22 seats
2004 12 9 - 1 22 seats

mayor

Mayor of Wirges is Andreas Weidenfeller (CDU). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 63.54% of the votes.

coat of arms

Wirges coat of arms
 Blazon : "Azure, a rotbebutzte, grünbespitzte, Silver Rose ."
Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms was carried by the noble family of the von Widergis, who lived in Wirges in the past.

Town twinning

There are partnerships with the French city of Montchanin and the Croatian city of Samobor .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

  • The L 300 runs through the city in a north-south direction and the L 313 in an east-west direction .

East of the city runs B 255 , the Montabaur and Rennerod connects. The next motorway junction to the south is Montabaur on the A3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt am Main ), about three kilometers away. The next motorway junction to the north is Ransbach-Baumbach on the same motorway, about five kilometers away. The Dernbacher Dreieck lies between these two junctions , where the A 48 coming from Trier meets the A 3.

  • Wirges is connected to the bus routes 115 (Montabaur-Hachenburg), 462 (Montabaur-Höhr-Grenzhausen) and 485 (Siershahn-Höhr-Grenzhausen-Koblenz).
  • The nearest airports are Frankfurt in the south and Cologne-Bonn in the north  - both at a distance of approx. 90 kilometers and easily accessible via the A 3 (Cologne – Frankfurt am Main) or the Montabaur ICE train station.

Companies

Well in Wirges. The fountain is adorned with glassblowers and potters - symbols for the most important economic sectors of the place.

In 1895 a glassworks was founded in Wirges. The influx of workers meant that Wirges became a party stronghold of the SPD and is still today (at least until the 2014 local elections). Verallia Germany is still the largest employer in Wirges today . The focus of production is on green glass bottles for the wine, sparkling wine and beer market.

Sport, culture and education

Indoor swimming pool

The first team of SpVgg EGC Wirges will play in the district league east of the Rhineland Football Association in the 2019/20 season .

There are also several choirs and a marching band in Wirges.

The indoor swimming pool is located above the village.

Wirges has three schools: the Wirges elementary school, the Katharina-Kasper-Förderschule and the Theodor-Heuss-Realschule plus.

  • church

  • Rectory

  • park

  • Community center

  • chapel

sons and daughters of the town

See also

literature

  • 1887-1987. 100 years of the parish church of St. Bonifatius Wirges. Festival book on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the parish church of St. Bonifatius Wirges. Published by the cath. Parish of St. Bonifatius Wirges, Wirges 1987.

Web links

Commons : Wirges  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 188 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  4. ↑ State history of the Westerwald Dr. Hellmuth Gensicke, Wiesbaden 1958, self-published by the Historical Commission for Nassau in Wiesbaden, p. 63 u. 67
  5. ↑ M9 Communist Resistance - Westerwald Area, pp. 200–201.
  6. ^ Parish St. Bonifatius in the Westerwald district . Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ Evangelical Martin Luther Church Congregation, members by location . Retrieved January 8, 2011.
  8. ↑ Municipal statistics of the Wirges community, as of 2009
  9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Wirges. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  10. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
  11. ^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wirges, Verbandsgemeinde, penultimate line of results. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .
  12. ^ National show RP about Wirges