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Flammersfeld | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Flammersfeld
within Altenkirchen district | |
 Interactive map of Flammersfeld | |
  Location within Germany  Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 7°31′35″E / 50.64778°N 7.52639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Altenkirchen |
| Municipal assoc. | Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Manfred Berger[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 270 m (890 ft) |
| Population (2025-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 1,415 |
| • Density | 349/km2 (903/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57632 |
| Dialling codes | 02685 |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
| Website | www.gemeinde-flammersfeld.de |
Flammersfeld is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Westerwald, approx. 35 km north of Koblenz.
Flammersfeld was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Flammersfeld.
People from the village
[edit]- Andreas Balzar (known as Balzar of Flammersfeld, 1769–1797) poacher, robber and Freischärler who fought the French
- Emil Bettgenhäuser (1906–1982), politician (SPD), MdB, MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
- W. Gies (born 1945), fine art
- Emil Müller (1890–1967), politician (SPD), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate, Bürgermeister of Flammersfeld
- Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-1888), mayor in 1848, early founder of credit unions and cooperatives
Transport
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The former Flammersfeld train station located in Seelbach (near Flammersfeld) on the Engers-Au railway line, the section from Siershahn to Altenkirchen nowadays is only served by fright trains, as well as the Linz (Rhine) -flammersfeld railway (Kasbachtalbahn), which currently is not in service for public transport or fright traffic at all. Flammesdeld is located in the zone number 904 of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM) and served by the local bus lines no. 102, 127 and 136. The nearest accessability to the public rail transport is Altenkirchen (Westerw) station on the RB90 line from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen.
References
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- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2025 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
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