Spessart, Rhineland-Palatinate

Spessart is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Brohltal, which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen.

Geography

In the district Hannebach the Brohlbach springs. From here it flows through the Brohltal and flows Brohl- Lützing into the Rhine. In the former quarry " Hannebacher Ley " the rare mineral is found Hannebachit.

The municipality consists of the villages and hamlets Spessart, Hanne Bach, Wollenberg and Heulingshof.

History

The district Spessart belonged to the late 18th century to the reign Kempenich, the districts Hannebach and Wollenberg to rule Ollbrück.

The development of the population of the municipality Spessart, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Spessart consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Coat of arms

Blazon: "With a black and silver wave beams diagonally left divided by silver and green, top two left diagonally touching floating bar crosses, red and black, the bottom of the plate boundary growing four staggered to the left silver hexagonal columns increasing altitude, the fourth slightly smaller than the third".

The two red, and black, solid crosses in silver stand for the centuries- long membership of the Spessart to the Electorate of Trier (red) and the Electorate of Cologne (black), the wave bar symbolizes the Brohlbach, and the hexagonal columns the quarry " Hannebacher Ley "; the color green represents the forest and meadow wealth.