# Flammersfeld

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**Flammersfeld** is a municipality in the [district of Altenkirchen](/source/Altenkirchen_(district)), in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated in the [Westerwald](/source/Westerwald), approx. 35 km north of [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz).

Flammersfeld was the seat of the former *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)* ("collective municipality") [Flammersfeld](/source/Flammersfeld_(Verbandsgemeinde)).

## People from the village

- [Andreas Balzar](/source/Andreas_Balzar) (known as *Balzar of Flammersfeld*, 1769–1797) poacher, robber and *[Freischärler](/source/Freisch%C3%A4rler)* who fought the French
- Emil Bettgenhäuser (1906–1982), politician (SPD), [MdB](/source/Mitglied_des_Deutschen_Bundestages), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
- W. Gies (born 1945), fine art
- Emil Müller (1890–1967), politician ([SPD](/source/Sozialdemokratische_Partei_Deutschlands)), [MdL](/source/Mitglied_des_Landtages) Rhineland-Palatinate, Bürgermeister of Flammersfeld
- [Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen](/source/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Raiffeisen) (1818-1888), mayor in 1848, early founder of credit unions and cooperatives

## Transport

The former Flammersfeld train station located in Seelbach (near Flammersfeld) on the [Engers-Au railway](/source/Engers-Au_railway) line, the section from Siershahn to Altenkirchen nowadays is only served by fright trains, as well as the *Linz (Rhine) -flammersfeld railway* (Kasbachtalbahn), which currently is not in service for public transport or fright traffic at all.

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1320000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.

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