Neitersen

Neitersen
Neitersen
Location of Neitersen within Altenkirchen district
Coordinates	50°40′7″N 7°35′2″E / 50.66861°N 7.58389°E / 50.66861; 7.58389Coordinates: 50°40′7″N 7°35′2″E / 50.66861°N 7.58389°E / 50.66861; 7.58389
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Altenkirchen
Municipal assoc.	Altenkirchen
Mayor	Horst Klein
Basic statistics
Area	5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Elevation	198 m  (650 ft)
Population	804 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	143 /km2 (369 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AK
Postal code	57638
Area code	02681
Website	www.vg-altenkirchen.de

Neitersen is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Geography

Neitersen is 4 miles southwest of Altenkirchen on the river Wied. The village divides in the districts Neiterschen, Niederölfen, Kahlhardt, Fladersbach and Neitersen. Neitersen is 700 feet above sealevel.

History

In a contract from March 1, 1262 between Gräfin Mechthild, the Widow of Earl Heinrich III. von Sayn, and the Archbishop from Cologne, are three attendens from Nithirshusen listed who are serving for their whole lifetime in the house of Gräfin Mechthild. The original Version of this contract is stored in Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz. This is the first known historical document in which Neitersen is mentioned.

In the 18. Century ownership of the local forest changed from the earl Graf von Sayn-Hachenburg, to the local residents in Neitersen.

1848 the famos mayor from Weyerbusch Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen founded the first school in Neitersen. The building still exists.

In 1882 the railroad construction Siershahn-Altenkirchen started. On May, 30th 1884 it started its public transportation service and Neitersen got a Station and a Postoffice with its first public telephone at the same day.

There is a report in German available how the name Neitersen got established. It is written by Wilhelm Hundhausen and can be checked here.

Until 1908 there was a mine for iron ore in duty, its name was Emma.

First powerline got established in November 1918 from the local mill into their neighbourhood.

After 100 years of service the railway company stopped all passenger transportation in 1984.

Population

Poulation development (December, 31):

1815 – 298 1835 – 330 1871 – 438 1905 – 549 1939 – 605 1950 – 726

1961 – 798 1965 – 822 1970 – 818 1975 – 763 1980 – 762 1985 – 724

1987 – 736 1990 – 775 1995 – 811 2000 – 847 2005 – 835

Source: Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz

Politics

Council

Council of Neitersen has 12 elected members and the local Mayor as its chairman.

Economy and Infrastructur

Highway 256 (Bundesstraße 256) and a cargo railroad powerd by Westerwaldbahn do touch base Neitersen. There are three larger industrial companies in the village and one prizewinning movie theater, operated as Programmkino with the Name Wied-Scala.

Clubs and organizations

• Wiedbachtaler Sportfreunde Neitersen is the name of the local soccer team. It is the largest organization in town.
• The voluntary fire brigade Freiwillige Feuerwehr Neitersen was founded in 1938 and is the local division of a larger district brigade Verbandsgemeindefeuerwehr Altenkirchen.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.