Wissen
Encyclopedia
Wissen is a town in the district of Altenkirchen
, in Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen
.
Wissen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
("collective municipality") Wissen
.
The house of Arenberg, burgraves of the electorate of Cologne became the maorial in 1176. After they became extinct 1280, the archbishopric of cologne moved the parish of wissen as a completed loan to the left side of the river Sieg. The part of the parish from the right side of the sieg remained to the men of Wildenburg, whose line Werther of the House of Hatzfeld
later took the part of Wissen which was on the left side as a fief, too.
1803-1815 parts of the parish to Nassau, after that the parish was sworn under Prussian reign and wissen became a seat of a “Bürgermeisterei”. In the 19th century the traffic connection was hardly improved and bigger industries moved to Wissen. On the 19th of April 1969 Wissen became the city rights. The incorporation of the three until then autonomous communities Elbergrund, Köttingerhöhe and Schönstein followed on the 7th of Juni 1969.
Statistics on population development
The development of the population, the values from 1871-1987 are based on censuses.
Datenquelle: Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
Altenkirchen (district)
Altenkirchen is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the North Rhine-Westphalian districts Rhein-Sieg, Oberbergischer Kreis, Olpe and Siegen-Wittgenstein, and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied....
, in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen. It is located approx. 40 km east of Bonn and 40 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen.-References:...
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Wissen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
("collective municipality") Wissen
Wissen (Verbandsgemeinde)
Wissen is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Wissen....
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History
The name Wissen was first mentioned in the year 1013 in a certificate (State archives Hannover). The settlement-origin was found 1048 in the second settlement period in the grubbing district at the edge of the cologne archdiocese and and called "Wisnerofanc".The house of Arenberg, burgraves of the electorate of Cologne became the maorial in 1176. After they became extinct 1280, the archbishopric of cologne moved the parish of wissen as a completed loan to the left side of the river Sieg. The part of the parish from the right side of the sieg remained to the men of Wildenburg, whose line Werther of the House of Hatzfeld
House of Hatzfeld
The House of Hatzfeld, also spelled Hatzfeldt, is a prominent German family of high nobility originally from Hesse. The family is first mentioned in 1138 and has its ancestral seat in Hatzfeld.- Members :...
later took the part of Wissen which was on the left side as a fief, too.
1803-1815 parts of the parish to Nassau, after that the parish was sworn under Prussian reign and wissen became a seat of a “Bürgermeisterei”. In the 19th century the traffic connection was hardly improved and bigger industries moved to Wissen. On the 19th of April 1969 Wissen became the city rights. The incorporation of the three until then autonomous communities Elbergrund, Köttingerhöhe and Schönstein followed on the 7th of Juni 1969.
Statistics on population development
The development of the population, the values from 1871-1987 are based on censuses.
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Datenquelle: Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz