Pottum

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = PottumWappen.gif
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 35 |lat_sec = 57
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 0 |lon_sec = 5
Lageplan = Pottum im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 420
Fläche = 4.36
Einwohner = 1027
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02664
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 284
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.pottum.de/ www.pottum.de]
Bürgermeister = Klaus Weil

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

Geography

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.

History

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

Politics

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.

Well-known Pottumers

* Annegret Held (writer)
* Prof. Dr.- Ing. Helmut Hoyer (Rector of the Fernuniversität Hagen)

Neighbouring communities

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

External links

* [http://www.pottum.de/ Pottum] de icon
* [http://www.eichenpark-wiesensee.de/Pottum/pottum.html Photo of Pottum am Wiesensee] de icon