Elsoff
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| Elsoff | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rennerod |
| Mayor | Willi Halm |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 9.44 km² (3.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 370 m (1214 ft) |
| Population | 980 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 104 /km² (269 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56479 |
| Area code | 02664 |
| Website | www.elsoff.de |
| Location of Elsoff within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Elsoff (Westerwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen (35 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg an der Lahn (22 km to the south). Elsoff belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Culture and sightseeing
[edit] Buildings
- Kirche Elsoff (church)
- Kapelle Mittelhofen (chapel)
- Way of the Cross at the Heispel
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
West of the community runs Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
- Elsoff (Westerwald) (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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