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Stockum-Püschen

Coordinates: 50°36′17″N 7°54′13″E / 50.60472°N 7.90361°E / 50.60472; 7.90361
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Stockum-Püschen
Coat of arms of Stockum-Püschen
Location of Stockum-Püschen within Westerwaldkreis district
Stockum-Püschen is located in Germany
Stockum-Püschen
Stockum-Püschen
Stockum-Püschen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Stockum-Püschen
Stockum-Püschen
Coordinates: 50°36′17″N 7°54′13″E / 50.60472°N 7.90361°E / 50.60472; 7.90361
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Pierre Frank Held[1]
Area
 • Total3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Elevation
452 m (1,483 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total639
 • Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes02661
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.stockum-pueschen.de

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

Geography

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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

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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

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The municipal 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

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South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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