Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

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Stahlhofen am Wiesensee
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Stahlhofen am Wiesensee
Stahlhofen am Wiesensee (Germany)
Stahlhofen am Wiesensee
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Mayor Günther Raspel
Basic statistics
Area 2.42 km² (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation 430 m  (1411 ft)
Population 348  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 144 /km² (372 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56459
Area code 02663
Website www.stahlhofen-am-wiesensee.de
Location of Stahlhofen am Wiesensee within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°35′15″N 7°59′25″E / 50.5875, 7.99028

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is not to be confused with Stahlhofen, another community in the same district, but in the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee lies 3 km northeast of Westerburg, on a bank near the Wiesensee’s west shore. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee’s neighbours are Pottum, Hergenroth, Winnen and Halbs.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Culture and sightseeing

[edit] Buildings

The old village school from 1830 is a protected monument.

[edit] Sport

The Wiesensee (lake) has an area of roughly 80 ha and offers not only hikes around it but also bathing, sailing, surfing and angling. Near the lake is also found a golf course.

View of the lake in summer
View of the lake in summer
View of the lake in winter
View of the lake in winter

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

North of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 20 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.