Stockum-Püschen
| Stockum-Püschen | ||
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  Stockum-Püschen | ||
Location of Stockum-Püschen within Westerwaldkreis district  | ||
| Coordinates: 50°36′17″N 7°54′13″E / 50.60472°N 7.90361°ECoordinates: 50°36′17″N 7°54′13″E / 50.60472°N 7.90361°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Westerwaldkreis | |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Angelika-Rosemarie Dillenberger | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 452 m (1,483 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 662 | |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 56459 | |
| Dialling codes | 02661 | |
| Vehicle registration | WW | |
| Website | www.stockum-pueschen.de | |
Stockum-Püschen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
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.
Its exact position is 50° 36′ N, 7° 54′ E.
Constituent communities
The Ortsgemeinde came into being on 1 January 1969 with the union of the two former municipalities of Stockum and Püschen.
History
In 1235, Stockum-Püschen had its first documentary mention.
Politics
Community council
The 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
Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
External links
- Stockum-Püschen (in German)
- Stockum-Püschen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
