Kundert

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Kundert
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Kundert
Kundert (Germany)
Kundert
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Mayor Burkhard Schneider
Basic statistics
Area 3.14 km² (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation 300 m  (984 ft)
Population 268  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 85 /km² (221 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 57629
Area code 02662
Website www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/kundert
Location of Kundert within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°43′07″N 7°47′31″E / 50.71861, 7.79194

Kundert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The residential community of Kundert 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 Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.

[edit] History

In 1346, Kundert had its first documentary mention under the name Kunderoed. Kundert was once an agriculturally oriented village, but nowadays is more a residential community.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Freudenberg, Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

[edit] Public institutions

The community has at its disposal a public footbal ground and playground, a well developed hiking path network, its own barbecue pavillion and two timber-frame houses of the Kinderkrebshilfe Unnau (“Unnau Children’s Cancer Help”). There is also a community bakehouse in Kundert with a long baking tradition. Furthermore, there is a mixed choir that contributes considerably to community life.

[edit] External links

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