Kammerforst, Rhineland-Palatinate

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Kammerforst
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kammerforst
Kammerforst, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Kammerforst, Rhineland-Palatinate
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Höhr-Grenzhausen
Mayor Johannes Vogel
Basic statistics
Area 1.33 km² (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation 280 m  (919 ft)
Population 267  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 201 /km² (520 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56206
Area code 02624
Website www.gemeinde-Kammerforst.de
Location of Kammerforst within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°27′50″N 7°40′38″E / 50.46389, 7.67722

Kammerforst in the Kannenbäckerland 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 roughly 13 km northeast of Koblenz on the edge of the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Höhr-Grenzhausen, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] History

The community came into being sometime about the year 1680. It was founded by Walloon guest workers who were seeking iron ore in the area.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Einzelbewerber Total
2004 6 6 seats

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

The A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange is 4 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line or the one at Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.

[edit] External links

Kammerforst (German)

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