Pottum

Pottum
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Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E / 50.59917; 8.00139Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E / 50.59917; 8.00139
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  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,046
• Density	240/km2 (620/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[]

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[]

In 1062, Pottum, or Patheim, later Pothump, had its first documentary mention.

Politics[]

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[]

• 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[]

External links[]

• Pottum (in German)
• Photo of Pottum am Wiesensee (in German)

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