Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde)

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The municipality Old Churches ( Westerwald) is an administrative unit in the form of a local authority in the district of Old Churches ( Westerwald) in Rhineland- Palatinate. The municipality includes the old city churches (Westerwald ) and 41 independent local churches, the council is based in the Old churches in the eponymous city (Westerwald ). It is the geographically largest municipality of the district of old churches.

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Education
• 5.3 Tourism

Geography

The towns of the municipality lie in the Old city based on the pool and the pool surrounding mountain ranges. The basin is crossed by the Wied, which occurs at Ingelbach in the territory of the municipality. Before Neitersen at the municipality Flammersfeld reached, she recorded old churches within the municipality numerous smaller streams ( Almersbach, Erbach, Quengelbach, Ölfer Bach).

The highest elevations of the municipality are the Beulskopf ( 388 m), Asberg at Weyerbusch (334 m) and the mandrel at the Old Church (282 m).

Association members of communities

(Population at 31 December 2012)

History

Today's community association Old churches arose with the Eighth Administrative Simplification Act of Rhineland- Palatinate, which was promulgated on July 28, 1970 by the then Prime Minister Helmut Kohl and entered on November 7, 1970 in force under the earlier Verbandsgemeinden old churches and Weyerbusch, in turn, on October 1, had emerged from the former mayor's offices old churches and Weyerbusch 1968.

The community association Weyerbusch with their 22 communities had about 5,600 inhabitants and did not reach as the output from the state government set target figure of 7,500 inhabitants per municipality. So it was incorporated into the at the time still 25 municipalities comprehensive and 12,500 inhabitants municipality Old churches. There were also of the municipality Hachenburg in Oberwesterwald circle the local church Berod at Hachenburg, as well as the municipality Flammersfeld the local churches Schöneberg and Neiterschen with Kahl Hardt and Fladersbach, had Neiterschen already on 7 June 1969, the local authorities Niederölfen and Neitersen to the local church Neitersen in the form of a formation together. Previously, on May 1, 1969, the belonging to the municipality Weyerbusch communities Marenbach and Rimbach after Oberirsen and the community Hilkhausen were incorporated with the hamlets of Meadow Placken and Irlen by Weyer bush.

Belonging to the municipality Weyerbusch local churches Giershausen and goats grove were incorporated in 1970 in the municipality Flammersfeld. The independent municipality Dieperzen was eventually incorporated at his own request on 10 June 1979 after the Old churches.

The municipality is the legal successor of the old churches Verbandsgemeinden old churches and Weyer bush.

For the first mayor of the Social Democrat common Emil Haas was elected, but in 1971 retired. He was followed by Karlheinz Klöckner (SPD ) ( 1971-1992 ) and since 1992 the Kreuznacher lawyer Heinz -Joachim Höfer. The mayor of the municipality of Old churches are far also at the same time the city mayor of the county seat Old churches in volunteering.

Development of the population, based on the present territory of the municipality Old churches; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Association of municipal

The association council old churches (Westerwald ) consists of 36 volunteer council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the full-time mayor as chairman.

Distribution of seats in association council:

Mayor

The mayor of the municipality of Old churches since 1968:

Constituencies

In the state elections of the municipality Old churches belonging to communities belonging to the Constituency 02- old churches, in federal elections for constituency 198 - Neuwied.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a golden red leopard with black-and- white gestücktem board. The leopard, the coat of arms of the Counts of Sayn, will run as arms of the county town ancients churches since 1907. With an added black and white board and the omission of the mural crown, the coat of arms of the former Office Old churches over the crest of the county town ancients churches has been changed. The black and white-washed board emphasizes belonging to Prussia.

Local partnerships

The municipality Old Churches maintains with the French town of Tarbes in the Hautes -Pyrénées and since 1995 with the Polish community Olszanka in the Opole Voivodeship local partnerships since 1972.

On the basis of partnership with Tarbes is a student exchange will take place where the Westerwald -Gymnasium and the Realschule Plus partake old churches. Furthermore, contacts between different clubs have emerged from the partnership. Also in partnership with Olszanka the Youth Exchange has priority. In addition, the volunteer fire departments of the municipality Old churches and the community Olszanka have established friendly relations with each other.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Through the association of municipalities old churches the federal roads lead 8, 256 and 414

The municipality is connected to the Oberwesterwald web, which is operated by the Vectus traffic mbH. Since 1 August 2002, the VRS tariff is recognized as a transitional tariff on rail routes in the county old churches. Railway stations are available in Old Churches ( Westerwald), Ingelbach and Obererbach.

Education

• Pestalozzi Elementary School Old Churches
• Erich Kästner Primary School Old Churches
• Mayor Raiffeisen school Weyerbusch
• FEBA - Free Evangelical denominational school Old Churches

• Westerwald -Gymnasium
• Realschule Plus

• As a state- recognized institution of continuing the house basement rocks accepts eV the tasks of non-formal education for the community association Old churches.

• Theological Seminary in Rhineland Wölmersen

Tourism

The municipality Old Churches ( Westerwald) has a developed and marked walking and cycling paths. Among other things, provide the scenic Mehrbachtal the west of the municipality and to " Kroppacher Switzerland " associated Nistertal at Helmeroth in the northeast individual and interesting walks. Also opened in 2008, and a total of 235 kilometers of " Westerwald- Steig" with a distance of 28 kilometers in the municipality Old Churches ( Westerwald). Here, the Westerwald-Steig also leads past the Beulskopf. The Beulskopf, the highest elevation ( 388 meters above sea level. NN ), is located in the north in the local church Heupelzen. Here in 1990 a wooden observation tower - the "Raiffeisen tower " - built with a height of 35 m. It was named in honor of the social reformer Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen.

Literature (selection )

• District Administration Old Churches ( ed.): The county old churches in the 20th century. A Chronicle, 1st Edition, Old Churches, 1992 ( ISBN 3-925190-10-4 ).
• Jacob Rausch: History of the circle old churches, reprint of the 1921 edition, Schaan / Liechtenstein 1983.
• District Administration Old Churches ( ed.): Land of victory and Wied. History of the circle old churches, knowledge 1987.
• Horst Heinemann: history and stories about the development of the municipality old churches from the Stone Age to modern times. The municipality Old churches in the Mirror of History, Old Churches, 2008.
• Heinrich Holschbach: Folklore of the circle old churches. Elberfeld 1928.
• Jacob Rausch ( ed.): History of the circle old churches. Old churches in 1921.
• Martin Sinemus: The history of the evangelical churches in the church district Altenkirchen (Westerwald ). Saarbrücken 1933.
• Daniel Schneider: The history of the local church Obererbach (Westerwald ). The villages Hacksen, Niedererbach Obererbach and Kober stone from the Middle Ages to the present, 2 volumes, Obererbach 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-027494-7 ( with summary of the development of the mayor and municipality Old churches).