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Wirges (Verbandsgemeinde)
Wirges is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Westerwaldkreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Wirges. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Wirges consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Bannberscheid # Dernbach # Ebernhahn # Helferskirchen # Leuterod # Mogendorf # Moschheim # Niedersayn # Ötzingen # Siershahn # Staudt # Wirges Wirges () is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Wirges lies in a high hollow in the further Westerwald between Köppel and Malberg, roughly 5 km northwest of Montabaur and 20 km northeast of Kobl ... {{Authority control Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhineland-Palatinate The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 Verbandsgemeinden, which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde) which comprise single settlements. Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit was ''Amt''. Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. Saxony-Anhalt The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided into ''Verwaltungsgemein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerwaldkreis
The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free city Koblenz, Mayen-Koblenz and Neuwied. History When the area became part of Prussia in 1866 two districts covering the area were created. The northern part was covered by the Oberwesterwaldkreis with capital in Marienberg, the Unterwesterwaldkreis with capital in Montabaur covering the southern part. 1886 a third district was added with the Westerburg district with area from both of the other two districts. In 1932 the districts structure was reformed again, the Oberwesterwaldkreis and the Westerburg district were merged to a new Oberwesterwaldkreis with capital in Westerburg. In 1974 in another reform the districts Oberwesterwaldkreis and Unterwesterwaldkreis were merged to form the Westerwaldkreis. Together with the neighboring Rhein- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse (Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latter wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of , with a population of almost 84 million within its 16 constituent states. Germany borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The nation's capital and most populous city is Berlin and its financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In 962, the Kingdom of Germany formed the bulk of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bannberscheid
Bannberscheid is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies north of Montabaur some 260 m in elevation in meadowland with a gradually climbing slope, within the low mountain landscape of the Westerwald, which is framed by the high Westerwald and the Montabaur Heights (''Montabaurer Höhenzug''). Since 1971 the community has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. History In 1211, Bannberscheid had its first documentary mention. From 1895 to 1897, the village church was built. The community was electrified in 1921 and in 1937 it was connected to the sewer system. Until the 1960s, clay quarrying was the community's main source of income. Politics Community council The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dernbach, Westerwaldkreis
Dernbach (Westerwald) is a local community (Ortsgemeinde) in the district of Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and part of the municipal association Verbandsgemeinde Wirges. The village is known throughout the country by the three-way interchange A48/A3, called ''Dernbacher Dreieck'', and well known worldwide by the international congregation Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, called ''Dernbacher Schwestern''. Etymology Unlike many other surrounding villages, Dernbach has not a Franconian, but a Celtic toponym. Several communities and families have the same name, so it has become customary to say "Dernbach bei Montabaur", to avoid confusion. Geography Location Dernbach is located north of the city of Montabaur within the wooded hills of the national nature reserve "Naturpark Nassau". Surrounding villages are Ebernhahn, Wirges, Staudt, Eschelbach and Elgendorf. Geology Due to its subterranean natural resources, such as iron ore, silver and lead deposits, Dernbach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebernhahn
Ebernhahn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History First unequivocally mentioned in 1324 as ''Evernhan'', Ebernhahn is counted among the newer Westerwald villages, and through the Middle Ages, its name hardly cropped up at all. After the devastating effects of the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), it counted, together with nearby Siershahn, only 42 inhabitants. Ebernhahn's name comes from the Old High German word ''hag'' (“enclosure”), making the name's meaning, roughly, “belonging to the boar’s enclosure”; ''Eber'' is German for “boar”. Ebernhahn was at first under the governance of the Electorate of Trier, later passing to the Duchy of Nassau and later still, in 1866, to Prussia. Since 1971 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality, and since 1974 it has been part of the Westerwaldkreis who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helferskirchen
Helferskirchen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The village lies between the Kannenbäckerland and the Westerwald Lake District (''Westerwälder Seenplatte''). Since 1971 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. History In 1277, Helferskirchen had its first documentary mention under the name ''Langesain'' in connection with Niedersayn, Karnhöfen, Kuhnhöfen and Blaumhöfen. Politics Community council The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009. Coat of arms The community's arms take the shape of a late Gothic rounded shield with a horizontal upper edge and sides meeting it at right angles. Its basic tincture is silver. In red, the Trier cross can be seen, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leuterod
Leuterod is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-free ... in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Neighbouring municipalities Leuterod's immediate neighbours are Moschheim in the southeast, Ötzingen in the northeast, Siershahn in the west and Wirges in the southwest. Location Together with the first two municipalities named above, Leuterod borders in the east on the Malberg (Westerwaldkreis), Malberg, whose elevation of 422 m above sea level makes it the most notable feature on the landscape north of Montabaur. The river Aubach divides the municipality into two zones (''Bereiche'' in German language, German): the ''Unterdorf'' (“Lower Village”) and the ''Insel'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mogendorf
Mogendorf is a municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee .... References Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moschheim
Moschheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The community lies north of Montabaur on the ''Kannenbäckerstraße'' (“Jug Bakers’ Road”, a reference to the local ceramics industry). The community has since 1971 belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. In the north of the municipal area stands the Malberg, which at 422 m above sea level is one of the greatest elevations in the area. History In 1362, Moschheim had its first documentary mention. Politics The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. Economy and infrastructure East of the community runs ''Bundesstraße'' 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niedersayn
Niedersayn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The community lies north of Montabaur on the river Sayn. Since 1971 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. Constituent communities Niedersayn's ''Ortsteile'' are Karnhöfen, Blaumhöfen and Niedersayn. History In 1277, Niedersayn had its first documentary mention under the name ''Langesain''. Politics The municipal council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004. Economy and infrastructure East of the community runs ''Bundesstraße'' 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod, and also ''Bundesstraße'' 8. The nearest Autobahn interchange is ''Montabaur'' on the A 3 (Cologne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
