Rehe, Germany

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Rehe
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Rehe
Rehe, Germany (Germany)
Rehe, Germany
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Mayor Johannes Beul
Basic statistics
Area 7.41 km² (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation 535 m  (1755 ft)
Population 982  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 133 /km² (343 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56479
Area code 02664
Website www.rennerod.de
Location of Rehe within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°38′7″N 8°7′9″E / 50.63528, 8.11917

Rehe 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 Siegen and Limburg. Within the municipal area is found the Krombach Reservoir. Rehe belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] History

About 1300, Rehe 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 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 14 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.