Wirges

Geschichte

Wirges is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationWirges lies in a high hollow in the further Westerwald between Köppel and Malberg, roughly 5 km northwest of Montabaur and 20 km northeast of Koblenz. It was granted town rights in 1975. Wirges is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. The people of Wirges call themselves Wirgeser.PoliticsTown councilThe council is made up of 22 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor, who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.Allocation of seats in the municipal council:Coat of armsThe escutcheon has the shape of a late Gothic round shield with horizontal upper edge and sides meeting it at right angles. The town’s arms are those once borne in days of yore by the Widergis noble family, whose seat was in Wirges.Town partnershipsWirges has partnership arrangements with these places: Montchanin, Saône-et-Loire, France Samobor, Zagreb County, Croatia