Stockum-Püschen
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| Stockum-Püschen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Mayor | Karl-Heinz Ferger |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 3.54 km² (1.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 452 m (1483 ft) |
| Population | 719 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 203 /km² (526 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 02661 |
| Website | www.stockum-pueschen.de |
| Location of Stockum-Püschen within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Stockum-Püschen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
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 found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Its exact position is 50° 36′ N, 7° 54′ E.
[edit] Constituent communities
The Ortsgemeinde came into being on 1 January 1969 with the union of the two former municipalities of Stockum and Püschen.
[edit] History
In 1235, Stockum-Püschen had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The 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.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
Stockum-Püschen (German) Stockum-Püschen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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