Flammersfeld

Flammersfeld
Municipality
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Location of Flammersfeld within Altenkirchen district
Flammersfeld Show map of Germany Flammersfeld Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 7°31′35″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Altenkirchen
Municipal assoc.	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Manfred Berger[1]
Area
• Total	4.06 km^2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	1,452
• Density	360/km^2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57632
Dialling codes	02685
Vehicle registration	AK
Website	www.gemeinde-flammersfeld.de

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 (1818-1888), mayor in 1848, early founder of credit unions and cooperatives

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.