Pottum | |
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) Coat of arms | |
Location of Pottum within Westerwaldkreis district ) | |
)  Pottum ) Pottum | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Klaus Weil |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,056 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56459 |
| Dialling codes | 02664 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.pottum.de |
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. 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)
- Erich Müller (well known within the community due to his efforts in the local council and fire brigade)
Neighbouring communities
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.
External links
- Pottum (in German)
- Photo of Pottum am Wiesensee (in German)