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Bölsberg
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Location of Bölsberg within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) |
| Mayor | Georg Otto |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 1.46 km2 (0.56 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 470 m (1542 ft) |
| Population | 259 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 177 /km2 (459 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57648 |
| Area code | 02661 |
| Website | www.bad-marienberg.de |
Bölsberg 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 Limburg and Siegen. Bölsberg is the smallest community in the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
About 1300, Bölsberg had its first documentary mention.
The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
North of the community runs Bundesstraße 414 leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.