Bürgermeisterei Weyerbusch


The Bürgermeisterei Weyerbusch was one of the nine Prussian Bürgermeistereien or mayoralties, into which the county of Altenkirchen, created in 1816 as part of the Regierungsbezirk Coblenz was administratively divided. The mayoralty had 25 municipalities with a population of 2,564 in 1817. From 1845 to 1848, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen was the mayor. The mayoralty was renamed in 1927 to Amt Weyerbusch.

Municipalities

According to statistics in 1843 and 1861 the following municipalities belonged to the Bürgermeisterei :
; Originally part of the ecclesial parish of Mehren in the County of Sayn-Altenkirchen:
; Originally part of the ecclesial parish of Birnbach in the County of Sayn-Hachenburg:
The Bürgermeisters, from 1927, Amtsbürgermeisters, of Weyerbusch were: