Limbach, Westerwaldkreis

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Limbach
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Limbach
Limbach, Westerwaldkreis (Germany)
Limbach, Westerwaldkreis
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Mayor Klaus Sassmannshausen
Basic statistics
Area 3.69 km² (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation 265 m  (869 ft)
Population 417  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 113 /km² (293 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 57629
Area code 02662
Website www.limbach-ww.de
Location of Limbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°42′9″N 7°48′8″E / 50.7025, 7.80222

Limbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community 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 state-recognized recreational resort (Erholungsort) lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the Kleine Nister in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz)

[edit] History

In 1346, Limbach had its first documentary mention in a donation document.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Town partnerships

Since 1998, a partnership has existed with the Hungarian community of Kács.

[edit] Regular events

The Brückenfest (“Bridge Festival”), held yearly on the second Saturday in July, is the summer night event in the Kroppach Switzerland.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen). The nearest interchanges on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt) are in Montabaur und Mogendorf. 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.