Pottum
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| Pottum | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Mayor | Klaus Weil |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 4.36 km² (1.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1378 ft) |
| Population | 1,027 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 236 /km² (610 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 02664 |
| Website | www.pottum.de |
| Location of Pottum within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Pottum is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Pottum lies 5 km northeastl of Westerburg on the Wiesensee (lake). Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] History
In 1062, Pottum, or Patheim, later Pothump, had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The 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.
[edit] Well-known Pottumers
- Annegret Held (writer)
- Prof. Dr.- Ing. Helmut Hoyer (Rector of the Fernuniversität Hagen)
[edit] Neighbouring communities
[edit] External links
- Pottum (German)
- Photo of Pottum am Wiesensee (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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