Wirges
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Location of Wirges within Westerwaldkreis district Westerwaldkreis | |
Municipal assoc. | Wirges |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Andreas Weidenfeller[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 10.13 km2 (3.91 sq mi) |
Elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,641 |
• Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 56422 |
Dialling codes | 02602 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.wirges.eu |
Wirges (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪʁɡəs] ) is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Wirges lies in a high hollow in the further Westerwald between Köppel and Malberg, roughly 5 km northwest of Montabaur and 20 km northeast of Koblenz. It was granted town rights in 1975. Wirges is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. The people of Wirges call themselves Wirgeser.
Politics
Town council
The council is made up of 22 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Stadtbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Allocation of seats in the municipal council:[3]
CDU |
SPD |
FDP |
FW |
Total | |
2009 | 12 | 8 | 2 | – | 22 seats |
2004 | 12 | 9 | – | 1 | 22 seats |
Coat of arms
The escutcheon has the shape of a late Gothic round shield with horizontal upper edge and sides meeting it at right angles. The town’s arms are those once borne in days of yore by the Widergis noble family, whose seat was in Wirges.
Town partnerships
Wirges has partnership arrangements with these places:
Economy and infrastructure
East of the town runs .
Sport and culture
The main church is the Westerwälder Dom St. Bonifatius
Furthermore, Wirges has several choirs, a band and a music club.
Notable people
- 1926: Kurt Isselbacher, physician
- 1951: Gerd Andres, politician
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ "Local Elections Rhineland-Palatinate 2009" (in German). Retrieved 17 June 2013.