Neunkirchen, Westerwaldkreis

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Neunkirchen
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Neunkirchen
Neunkirchen, Westerwaldkreis (Germany)
Neunkirchen, Westerwaldkreis
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Mayor Günter Göbel
Basic statistics
Area 6.61 km² (2.6 sq mi)
Elevation 320 m  (1050 ft)
Population 570  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 86 /km² (223 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56479
Area code 06436
Website www.rennerod.de
Location of Neunkirchen within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°32′49″N 8°6′14″E / 50.54694, 8.10389

Neunkirchen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

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The community lies in the Westerwald between the towns of Siegen (38 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg an der Lahn (19 km to the south). Neunkirchen is the southernmost place belonging to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod – a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate – whose seat is in the like-named town.

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