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Flammersfeld
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 * 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 Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (30 March 1818 – 11 March 1888) was a German mayor and cooperative pioneer. Several credit union systems and cooperative banks have been named after Raiffeisen, who pioneered rural credit unions. Life Friedrich Wilh ... (1818-1888), mayor in 1848, early founder of credit unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flammersfeld (Verbandsgemeinde)
Flammersfeld is a former ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou .... The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' was in Flammersfeld. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Flammersfeld consisted of the following 26 ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): * seat of the Verbandsgemeinde References Former Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate {{Altenkirchen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Balzar
Andreas Balzar, nicknamed Balzar of Flammersfeld (german: Balzar von Flammersfeld), full name ''Andreas Ludwig Balzar'' (1769–1797) was a German robber. At the point of death, he confessed to killing 21 officers with his own hands. Early life Andreas Balzar was born on 28 January 1769 in Höchstenbach in the German mountain region of Westerwald. As the eldest son, he should have followed his father into the priesthood. At first, he acceded to his father's will and attended the high school in Herborn. After being exposed there as the long-sought poacher of the prince's game estate, he was expelled from school, but before he was handed over to the court, he managed to escape from Herborn. He reached his parents' home in Flammersfeld, but his father turned him away. Russian military service He is said to have moved to Russia, where his brother served in the Tsar's bodyguard. He found service as a soldier fulfilling and rose to the rank of captain in the bodyguard. Return home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen
Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (30 March 1818 – 11 March 1888) was a German mayor and cooperative pioneer. Several credit union systems and cooperative banks have been named after Raiffeisen, who pioneered rural credit unions. Life Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was born March 30, 1818 at Hamm/Sieg (Westerwald). He was the seventh of nine children. His father Gottfried Friedrich Raiffeisen was a farmer and also served as the mayor of Hamm. His family’s origins trace back to the 16th century in the Swabian-Franconian region. The family of his mother, Amalie Christiane Susanna Maria, born Lantzendörffer, came from the “ Siegerland”."Internationale Raiffeisen-Union" .Accessed: 18-04-2011. Leaving school at the age of 14 he received three years of education from a local |
Altenkirchen (district)
Altenkirchen () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the North Rhine-Westphalian districts Rhein-Sieg, Oberbergischer Kreis, Olpe and Siegen-Wittgenstein, and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied. History The history of the district is linked with the Westerwald region. The district was established in 1816 by the Prussian administration. It combined the county of Wildenburg and the two counties of Sayn. The former had been part of Berg, the latter ones had belonged to the duchy of Nassau. The county used to be divided into nine mayoralties, including the Bürgermeisterei Weyerbusch. Geography Altenkirchen is the northernmost district of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is occupied by the northern portions of the Westerwald mountains. The valley of the Sieg River borders the Westerwald on the north. The lands north of the Sieg are called Wildenburgisches Land, after the tiny county of Wildenburg, that onc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Koblenz, Trier, Kaiserslautern, Worms and Neuwied. It is bordered by North Rhine-Westphalia, Saarland, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and by the countries France, Luxembourg and Belgium. Rhineland-Palatinate was established in 1946 after World War II, from parts of the former states of Prussia (part of its Rhineland and Nassau provinces), Hesse ( Rhenish Hesse) and Bavaria (its former outlying Palatinate kreis or district), by the French military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. Rhineland-Palatinate became part of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 and shared the country's only border with the Saar Protectorate until the latt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its 16 constituen |
