Höchstenbach
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| Höchstenbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Mayor | Anke Fuchs |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.67 km² (2.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1017 ft) |
| Population | 709 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 125 /km² (324 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57629 |
| Area code | 02680 |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
| Location of Höchstenbach within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Höchstenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the Wied Valley. Through the community flows the river Wied.
[edit] History
On 27 May 1269, Höchstenbach had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Culture and sightseeing
[edit] Buildings
Worth seeing is the village church built in the early 13th century in Romanesque transition style. Within the church are found valuable Early Gothic frescoes.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
The community lies at the crossroads of Bundesstraßen 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg, and 413 from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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