Flammersfeld

Flammersfeld
Coat of arms
Flammersfeld Location of Flammersfeld within Altenkirchen district
Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 7°31′35″E / 50.64778°N 7.52639°E / 50.64778; 7.52639Coordinates: 50°38′52″N 7°31′35″E / 50.64778°N 7.52639°E / 50.64778; 7.52639
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Altenkirchen
Municipal assoc.	Flammersfeld
Government
• Mayor	Hella Becker (CDU)
Area
• Total	4.06 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation	270 m (890 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,332
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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 is the seat of the 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

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