Flammersfeld

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Flammersfeld
Coat of arms of Flammersfeld
Coat of arms
Location of Flammersfeld within Altenkirchen district
Flammersfeld is located in Germany
Flammersfeld
Flammersfeld
Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 7°31′35″E / 50.64778°N 7.52639°E / 50.64778; 7.52639Coordinates: 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
 • Total4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation
270 m (890 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,362
 • Density340/km2 (870/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[]

  • 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

References[]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.


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