Dernbach, Westerwaldkreis
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| Dernbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wirges |
| Mayor | Joachim Letschert |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 8.73 km² (3.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 260 m (853 ft) |
| Population | 2,479 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 284 /km² (735 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56428 |
| Area code | 02602 |
| Location of Dernbach within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Dernbach (Westerwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It became nationally known for the Catholic order of the Dernbach Sisters.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies north of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. Since 1971 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] History
In 1220, Dernbach had its first documentary mention as derinbach after the then baron.
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 21 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Economy
Dernbach is headquarters to SIAG Schaaf Industrie AG, a corporation active in wind energy component manufacturing, steel construction, and silo, pipeline and facility building.
[edit] Transport
East of the community runs Bundesstraße 255 between Montabaur und Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 3 km away. The junction between the A 3 and the A 48 is called the Dernbacher Dreieck, or “Dernbach Triangle”. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line, which crosses under the community’s western edge through the Dernbach Tunnel. Dernbach lies on the Unterwesterwaldbahn (railway) to Limburg and Siershahn.
[edit] Sons and daughters of the town
- Maria Katharina Kasper (1820–1898), beatified founder of an order, the Arme Dienstmägde Jesu Christi (“Poor Serving Maids of Jesus Christ”)
[edit] External links
- Dernbach (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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