Pottum | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Pottum
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Pottum | |
  Pottum  Pottum | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Anette Leukel-Lenz |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,009 |
| • Density | 231/km2 (599/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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
[edit]Pottum lies 5 km northeast of Westerburg on the Wiesensee (lake), near Stahlhofen am Wiesensee. 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
[edit]In 1062, Pottum, or Patheim, later Pothump, had its first documentary mention.
Politics
[edit]The municipal 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
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- Pottum (in German)
- Photo of Pottum am Wiesensee (in German)
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