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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Westerwaldkreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
4.36 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 10:25 AM

Dialling code
  
02664

State
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Elevation
  
420 m (1,380 ft)

Postal codes
  
56459

Population
  
1,029 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
56459

Municipal assoc.
  
Westerburg

Pottum

Weather
  
8°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 56% Humidity

Pottum is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Contents

Map of Pottum, Germany

Location

Pottum lies 5 km northeastl of Westerburg on the Wiesensee (lake). Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1062, Pottum, or Patheim, later Pothump, had its first documentary mention.

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Well-known Pottumers

  • Annegret Held (writer)
  • Prof. Dr.- Ing. Helmut Hoyer (Rector of the Fernuniversität Hagen)
  • Erich Müller (well known within the community due to his efforts in the local council and fire brigade)

    • Neighbouring communities

    Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

    References

    Pottum Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA