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Steinebach an der Wied
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Location of Steinebach an der Wied within Westerwaldkreis district
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| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Local subdivisions | 4 |
| Mayor | Heinrich Schneider |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 8.30 km2 (3.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 378 m (1240 ft) |
| Population | 822 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 99 /km2 (257 /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 |
Steinebach an der Wied is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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On the southern boundary of the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg (a kind of collective municipality 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.
Steinebach an der Wied’s Ortsteile are Steinebach, Schmidthahn, Langenbaum and Seeburg.
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.
In the community are found the ruins of a castle, Burg Steinebach (on the Wied).
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.