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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pottum is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Pottum | |
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Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Anette Leukel-Lenz |
Area | |
• Total | 4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi) |
Elevation | 420 m (1,380 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,017 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/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 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.
In 1062, Pottum, or Patheim, later Pothump, had its first documentary mention.
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.
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