Flammersfeld

  1. Home
  2. Wiki
Flammersfeld
Municipality
Aerial view
Aerial view
Coat of arms of Flammersfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Flammersfeld within Altenkirchen district
FriesenhagenHarbachNiederfischbachMudersbachBrachbachKirchenHerdorfDaadenEmmerzhausenMaudenDerschenNisterbergFriedewaldWeitefeldNiederdreisbachSchutzbachGrünebachAlsdorfBetzdorfScheuerfeldWallmenrothWillrothKrunkelHorhausenPleckhausenGüllesheimObersteinebachNiedersteinebachBürdenbachEulenbergPeterslahrRottBurglahrOberlahrEichenSeifenSeelbachFlammersfeldKescheidReiferscheidBerzhausenNeitersenWalterschenSchürdtOrfgenZiegenhainGiershausenKatzwinkelBirken-HonigsessenWissenHövelsMittelhofNaurothElkenrothRosenheimKausenDickendorfMalbergSteinebach/SiegFensdorfGebhardshainElbenSteinerothMolzhainSelbachForstBitzenEtzbachRothBruchertseifenFürthenHamm (Sieg)Seelbach bei HammBreitscheidtPrachtBirkenbeulNiederirsenKircheibHirz-MaulsbachFiersbachMehrenRettersenErsfeldHasselbachForstmehrenKraamWerkhausenOberirsenWeyerbuschHemmelzenNeitersenBirnbachÖlsenSchönebergStürzelbachFluterschenOberwambachBerod bei HachenburgGielerothAlmersbachAltenkirchenMichelbachIngelbachSörthMammelzenEichelhardtIdelbergIsertHelmerothRacksenVolkerzenHilgenrothObererbachBachenbergBusenhausenHeupelzenWölmersenKettenhausenHelmenzenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNeuwied (district)WesterwaldkreisNeuwied (district)
Map
Location of Flammersfeld
Flammersfeld is located in Germany
Flammersfeld
Flammersfeld
Flammersfeld is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Flammersfeld
Flammersfeld
Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 7°31′35″E / 50.64778°N 7.52639°E / 50.64778; 7.52639
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAltenkirchen
Municipal assoc.Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Manfred Berger[1]
Area
 • Total
4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation
270 m (890 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
1,481
 • Density365/km2 (945/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57632
Dialling codes02685
Vehicle registrationAK
Websitewww.gemeinde-flammersfeld.de

Flammersfeld is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 35 km north of Koblenz.

Flammersfeld was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Flammersfeld.

People from the village

[edit]
  • Andreas Balzar (known as Balzar of Flammersfeld, 1769–1797) poacher, robber and Freischärler who fought the French
  • Emil Bettgenhäuser (1906–1982), politician (SPD), MdB, MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
  • W. Gies (born 1945), fine art
  • Emil Müller (1890–1967), politician (SPD), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate, Bürgermeister of Flammersfeld
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888), mayor in 1848, early founder of credit unions and cooperatives

Transport

[edit]
Former train station in Flammersfeld

The former Flammersfeld train station located in Seelbach (near Flammersfeld) on the Engers-Au railway line, the section from Siershahn to Altenkirchen nowadays is only served by fright trains, as well as the Linz (Rhine) -flammersfeld railway (Kasbachtalbahn), which currently is not in service for public transport or fright traffic at all.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.


Stub icon

This Altenkirchen district location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.