Windhagen

Wind Hagen is a municipality in the district of Neuwied in northern Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Asbach.

• 2.1 Amalgamations
• 2.2 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 community partnership

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Established businesses
• 4.3 Public bodies

Geography

Geographical location

The community wind Hagen is on the Asbacher plateau at the junction of Seven Mountains in the extending eastward Westerwald, near the border with North Rhine -Westphalia. The village extends southeast of the roof mountain on the north side of a mountain range and covers altitudes between 260 m above sea level. Sea level and 320 m above sea level. NN. Parts of the municipality is located in the nature reserve Rhein -Westerwald. The highest ground point is 320 m above sea level. NN in the district four winds, the lowest 165 m above sea level. NN achieved at the eastern exit of the Haller creek, which is also called Elsaffer Bach here, from the district.

Neighboring communities of wind Hagen Bad Honnef (North Rhine -Westphalia) with the Municipality Aegidienberg the northwest, Asbach in the northeast, Neustadt ( Wied) in the southeast, in the southwest Vettel lap and Drake, Unkel and Rheinbreitbach in the West. The nearest large towns are Neuwied, Bonn and Siegburg, each about 30 km away.

Community structure

• Birken [ W]
• Frohnen [R ]
• Günterscheid [R ]
• Hallerbach [R ]
• Hedges [ W]

• Hohn [R ]
• Hüngsberg [ W]
• Johannisberg [ W]
• Köhler Hohn [R ]
• Lower Wind Hagen [ W]

• Oberwindaustraße Hagen [ W]
• Rederscheid [R ]
• Welding field [R ]
• Stockhausen [ W]
• Four Winds [ W]

[W ] = Gemarkung wind Hagen; [R ] = district Rederscheid

To wind Hagen also the residential places Adamstal include ( subdistrict wind Hagen) and Fisherman's House in Appental ( district Rederscheid ).

History

According to a manuscript from 1613, a rule " Wintsan " was mentioned in the 7th century in a deed, which is identified with wind Hagen. The place is probably of Celtic origin, in the Franconian time he was on the border of Engersgau, Bonngau and Auelgau. The Gaugrenzen were generally marked by a forest, the so-called "turning Hagen ," had to the Germanic tribes, " turn " ( reverse ). The vernacular name of the place is " Wänte " or " Wänten " that the district Oberwindaustraße Hagen " Honneböschel " and the hamlet of Lower Wind Hagen " Niddichwänte (s) ".

Since the 13th century wind Hagen was wonderful for the country Electorate of Cologne and was under the administration of the Office Altenwied. The Office Altenwied divided into three parishes: Asbach, Neustadt and wind Hagen. 1517 appeared at that time Wynthain place indicated in a decade accounting of the Office Altenwied as Kirchdorf. At the request of the Archbishop Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, an inventory of all Honnschaften in the Official Altenwied were carried out in 1660. Here was enumerated for the parish Wind Hagen:

• " Winthahner Honschaft ": Birches, Birkerfeld soaps (birch soaps) and the "old Hunsberg " ( Johannisberg ) one house; Hunsberg ( Hüngsberg ) four houses; Hedgerows and meadows cookies three houses; Stockhausen ten houses; Winthahn (wind Hagen ), including the Wittumshofs five houses, Niederwinthahn nine houses; Hasenbergstraße an uninhabited farm.
• " Hohner Honschaft ": Frohnen and Hallerbach two houses; Gunnerscheidt ( Günterscheid ) three houses; Hohn, Schweyfeld ( welding field) and Redtscheid ( Rederscheid ) per five houses. The Honnschaft was otherwise mostly called Rederscheid.

The rule Kurkölns ended 1803 more than 500 years with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss. The Electorate of Cologne area in this region was initially assigned to the Principality of Wied - Runkel and came in 1806 due to the Act of Confederation, the Duchy of Nassau. The parish with the wind Hagen Hagen Honnschaften wind and Rederscheid then was under the administration of the Nassau Office Altenwied. Under the contracts at the Congress of Vienna agreements, the area was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815.

The Honschaft wind Hagen belonged from 1816 to the then newly founded able glorious circle Neuwied ( 1848 circle Neuwied ) in Koblenz Region and was initially managed from 1817 to 1823 by the mayor Altenwied, followed by the mayor Asbach (from 1927 " Official Asbach "). In 1845 it was renamed " community wind Hagen ". In the 1960s, began an extensive population growth, in which the population of wind Hagens quadrupled. South from 1984 to 1988 was the highway a new cultural, educational and sports center of the community.

Incorporations

As part of Rhineland-Palatinate administrative and territorial reform, the community wind Hagen was born on November 7, 1970 merged with the previously independent community Rederscheid ( 728 inhabitants) and the new local church Wind Hagen formed. The municipality Wind Hagen ( without Rederscheid ) were until then the districts Adamstal, birches, Hüngsberg, Johannisberg and Stockhausen.

Population Development

The development of the population of wind Hagen based on the present-day municipality, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Hagen Wind consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Mayor

Mayor is Joseph Rüddel (CDU ), who holds the post since 1963, making it the longest-serving and oldest mayor in Germany.

The church leadership is complemented by: The 1st Assistant Helmut Wolff ( CDU), the "Forum Windhagen building construction, maintenance of municipal buildings, scheduling " takes care of the business areas. The 2nd Assistant Martin Buchholz ( CDU), who takes care of the operations " Youth, Culture, Social Affairs, Seniors and the environment". The 3rd Assistant Secretary Thomas Stumpf ( SPD), who holds no own business.

Coat of arms

Since 13 May 1986, the local community wind Hagen is entitled to a coat of arms.

Blazon: "shield with curly red top, is cleaved golden fountain, front, in the first box with a black cross on a white ( silver ) base; back in the second field, a blue wave beams in a silver field, three 5- petalled roses with red hickeys. "

Coat of Arms Declaration: 1 Field: Electorate of Cologne ( former affiliation with the Archbishopric of Cologne), 2nd field: Family of Schoenebeck (represents the district of Johannisberg, where today the wind Hagen space -based family had ) 3rd field: Douwen Fountain ( the healing power of this fountain is popularly known since the early Middle Ages known).

Community partnership

Wind Hagen has since 3 October 1991, a partnership with the community Pfaffschwende in Thuringia.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

From Wind Hagen center the junction 34 ( Bad Honnef / Linz ), the Federal Highway 3 for about three kilometers away. In the municipality Wind Hagens the resting place Hambitz of A is 3

Established businesses

Wind Hagen is the seat of the engineering company Wirtgen, which counts some 1,300 employees into one of the world's leading companies in the development, manufacture and sale of machinery and equipment for road construction. Further facilities include a large number of companies such as Nölken Hygiene Products, JK Ergoline and Geutebrück the "big " wind in Hagen. In addition, there are numerous small and medium-sized companies in the areas of trade, services, manufacturing and health in the local community wind Hagen.

Based in wind Hagen since 2005 Commercial Club " initiative to strengthen the region by wind Hagen " combines numerous companies throughout the region and organizes every two years a trade show with over 100 exhibitors and over 10,000 visitors.

Public institutions

The new and modern "Forum Hagen Wind " offers space for larger events.

Wind Hagen has a primary school, two day care centers and a youth club.

Cultural monuments

• See list of cultural monuments in wind Hagen, list of natural monuments in wind Hagen

Personalities

• Gisela Wirtgen ( born 1944 ), entrepreneur, founder of the action group, children in need, acting in wind Hagen
• Erwin Rüddel (* 1955), politician, member of the Bundestag, comes from wind Hagen
• Rüddel Josef (* 1925), farmer, since 1963, mayor of wind Hagen