Pottum

Pottum
Municipality
Coat of arms of Pottum
Coat of arms
Location of Pottum within Westerwaldkreis district
Pottum is located in Germany
Pottum
Pottum
Pottum is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Pottum
Pottum
Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E / 50.59917; 8.00139
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
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
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
1,017
 • Density230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes02664
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.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

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.


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