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Pottum

Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E / 50.59917; 8.00139
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Pottum
Coat of arms of Pottum
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
 • Total4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Elevation
420 m (1,380 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,017
 • 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

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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

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

Politics

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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

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  • 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

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