Kirburg

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Kirburg
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kirburg
Kirburg (Germany)
Kirburg
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Mayor Hans-Alfred Graics
Basic statistics
Area 4.05 km² (1.6 sq mi)
Elevation 482 m  (1581 ft)
Population 619  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 153 /km² (396 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 57629
Area code 02661
Website www.bad-marienberg.de
Location of Kirburg within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°40′39″N 7°55′24″E / 50.6775, 7.92333

Kirburg 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 Limburg und Siegen. The Wäschebach, which belongs to the Sieg drainage basin, flows through the municipal area. Kirburg belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] History

In 1215, Kirburg had its first documentary mention.

[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 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), 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

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