Stein-Neukirch
municipality of Germany
Stein-Neukirch is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The community of Stein-Neukirch lies in the Westerwald between Siegen in the north and Limburg in the south. At 605 m above sea level, it is the Westerwald's highest community. The Stegskopf and Salzburger Kopf are, at 654 m and 653 m respectively, Stein-Neukirch's landmark mountains.
History
The church in the constituent community of Neukirch had its first documented mention in 1231. The "new church" (neue Kirche in German) originally functioned as a fortified church. Later it was the community's ecclesiastical-cultural hub on the high plateau of the Westerwald. In the Middle Ages, Neukirch was a court seat, and formed with the High Westerwald's two other court regions, Marienberg and Emmerichenhain, the "Lordship over the Westerwald", long governed by the House of Nassau.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of eight council members, most recently elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 26 May 2019.
Coat of arms
The basalt columns in the community's arms stand for the constituent community of Stein (whose name in German means "stone"), and the churches stand for the constituent community of Neukirch, making this an example of canting arms (that is, the charges in the arms suggest the community's name, Stein-Neukirch).
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