Herschbach, Wallmerod

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Herschbach
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Herschbach
Herschbach, Wallmerod (Germany)
Herschbach, Wallmerod
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Local subdivisions 2
Mayor Christof Kegler
Basic statistics
Area 4.63 km² (1.8 sq mi)
Elevation 318 m  (1043 ft)
Population 963  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 208 /km² (539 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56414
Area code 06435
Website Herschbach
Location of Herschbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°30′21″N 7°55′43″E / 50.50583, 7.92861

Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg.

[edit] Constituent communities

Herschbach has two outlying centres named Wahnscheid and Lochheim.

[edit] History

In 1290, Herschbach had its first documentary mention as Haderichsbach.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

[edit] External links

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.