Pottum

Pottum
Coat of arms
Pottum
Location of Pottum within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E / 50.59917; 8.00139Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E / 50.59917; 8.00139
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Westerburg
Government
• Mayor	Klaus Weil
Area
• Total	4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,002
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56459
Dialling codes	02664
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.pottum.de

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

Geography

Location

Pottum lies 5 km northeastl of Westerburg on the Wiesensee (lake). 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 1062, Pottum, or Patheim, later Pothump, had its first documentary mention.

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 13 June 2004.

Well-known Pottumers

• Annegret Held (writer)
• Prof. Dr.- Ing. Helmut Hoyer (Rector of the Fernuniversität Hagen)
• Erich Müller (well known within the community due to his efforts in the local council and fire brigade)

Neighbouring communities

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

References

External links

• Pottum (in German)
• Photo of Pottum am Wiesensee (in German)