Steinebach an der Wied
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| Steinebach an der Wied | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Local subdivisions | 4 |
| Mayor | Heinrich Schneider |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 8.30 km² (3.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 378 m (1240 ft) |
| Population | 794 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 96 /km² (248 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57629 |
| Area code | 02662 |
| Website | www.steinebach-wied.de |
| Location of Steinebach an der Wied within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Steinebach an der Wied is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
On the southern boundary of the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg (a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate whose seat is in the like-named town), in the northwest of the Westerwaldkreis, on the Westerwald Lake Plateau and on the Wied lies the community of Steinebach an der Wied.
[edit] Constituent communities
Steinebach an der Wied’s Ortsteile are Steinebach, Schmidthahn, Langenbaum and Seeburg.
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 13 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
In the community are found the ruins of a castle, Burg Steinebach (on the Wied).
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which also links the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can be reached by way of Bundesstraße 8/Bundesstraße 413. The Hennef interchange on the A 5 can be reached directly by Bundesstraße 8. 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.
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