Stockum-Püschen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Stockum-Püschen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 36 |lat_sec = 17
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 54 |lon_sec = 13
Lageplan = Stockum-Püschen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 452
Fläche = 3.54
Einwohner = 719
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02661
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 298
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.stockum-pueschen.de www.stockum-pueschen.de]
Bürgermeister = Karl-Heinz Ferger

Stockum-Püschen is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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.

Constituent communities

The "Ortsgemeinde" came into being on 1 January 1969 with the union of the two former municipalities of Stockum and Püschen.

History

In 1235, Stockum-Püschen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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.

Economy and infrastructure

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.

External links

[http://www.stockum-pueschen.de Stockum-Püschen] de icon [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/stockum_pueschen/index.phtml Stockum-Püschen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon