Pottum

Pottum
Pottum
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Pottum within Westerwaldkreis district
	Pottum Pottum
	Coordinates: 50°35′57″N 8°0′5″E / 50.59917°N 8.00139°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Westerburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Anette Leukel-Lenz
Area
• Total	4.36 km2 (1.68 sq mi)
Elevation	420 m (1,380 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,017
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56459
Dialling codes	02664
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.pottum.de

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

Geography

Pottum lies 5 km northeast of Westerburg on the Wiesensee (lake), near Stahlhofen am Wiesensee. 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.

Politics

The municipal 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)