Rehe, Germany

Rehe
Rehe
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Mayor Johannes Beul
Basic statistics
Area 7.41 km2 (2.86 sq mi)
Elevation 535 m  (1755 ft)
Population 958 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 129 /km2 (335 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56479
Area code 02664
Website www.rennerod.de

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

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Geography

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. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

About 1300, Rehe had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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.

Economy and infrastructure

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.

References

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.