Kölbingen
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Kölbingen | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
 |
  |
| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
|---|---|
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Local subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Frank Schäfer |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 4.07 km² (1.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 377 m (1237 ft) |
| Population | 1,098 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 270 /km² (699 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56459 |
| Area code | 02663 |
| Website | www.koelbingen.de |
| Location of Kölbingen within Westerwaldkreis district | |
 |
|
Kölbingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Contents |
[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Kölbingen lies roughly 4 km west of Westerburg, in a hollow between the Geisenwald and the Ruhscheid. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
[edit] Constituent communities
Kölbingen’s Ortsteile are Schönberg, Möllingen and Kölbingen.
[edit] History
In 1494, Kölbingen had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 17 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] Transport
West of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
- Kölbingen (German)
- Kölbingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
 |
This Westerwaldkreis location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
