Linz am Rhein (Verbandsgemeinde)
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The municipality of Linz am Rhein is an administrative unit in the form of a local authority in the district of Neuwied and in the north east of the Rhine Rhineland- Palatinate. The municipality includes the town of Linz am Rhein and six independent local churches, the council is based in the eponymous city of Linz am Rhein.
- 3.1 Association council
- 3.2 Municipal Partnership
Association members of communities
(Population at 31 December 2012)
History
The territory of the municipality and the local powers of the local churches go back to earlier structures. The existing mayor until 1968 Linz ( from 1927 " Official Linz " ) consisted of a congruent in many parts of area to which not the local church Vettelschoss and today about Saint Catherine belongs territory of the former municipality Lorscheid belonged. The local church Vettelschoss was assigned by the 8th state law on administrative simplification of the municipality of Linz am Rhein until November 7, 1970.
Parish Linz
The inhabitants of the parish of Linz under stood at the beginning of the 14th century church with all the rights and obligations of the United Parish of St. Martin in the archdiocese of Trier, with regard to the jurisdiction of the High " High Veste Altenwied ", which belonged to the Archbishopric of Cologne. They were also dependent on the particular landlord and his court. After the elevation of the site Linz to the city ( 1304-1332 ) belonging to Linz parish villages Dattenberg, Hargarten, Hausen were (meaning Linz Hausen ), Kasbach (left of the creek ), Leubsdorf, Ockenfels and Ohlenberg in a new, over the Church involved beyond municipal laws, regulations and administrative structure that was called the " town and parish of Linz ." The established residents of these villages of office subjects went on to open citizens ( "free citizens " or " philistine " ) and had it contribute to all city loads.
Population Development
The development of the population on the present territory of the municipality of Linz am Rhein; the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Association of municipal
The association council Linz am Rhein consists of 32 volunteer council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the full-time mayor as chairman
The distribution of seats in the federation council:
Municipal partnership
The municipality maintains a municipal partnership with the Polish city Namyslów ( Namslau ) in the Opole Voivodeship. The twinning agreement was signed on 29 September 2000.