Stockum-Püschen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Stockum-Püschen lies on the southern slope of the natural monument, the ''Götzenberg'', 9 km from Westerburg and is an important basalt-mining centre. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1235, Stockum-Püschen had its first documentary mention. The ''Ortsgemeinde'' came into being on 1 January 1969 with the union of the two former municipalities of Stockum and Püschen.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a

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References

External links

Stockum-Püschen

Stockum-Püschen in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub