Stockum-Püschen

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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
 • Total
3.54 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Elevation
452 m (1,483 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
639
 • 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

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

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

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

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

  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.