Dreifelden

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Dreifelden

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Dreifelden
Coordinates: 50°35′29″N 7°50′10″E / 50.59139°N 7.83611°E / 50.59139; 7.83611Coordinates: 50°35′29″N 7°50′10″E / 50.59139°N 7.83611°E / 50.59139; 7.83611
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Government
  Mayor Andreas Weber (CDU)
Area
  Total 5.10 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Elevation 416 m (1,365 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 228
  Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 57629
Dialling codes 02666
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.dreifelden.de

Dreifelden is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The name translates literally to English as "three fields".

Geography

Location

On the southern boundary of the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg – a kind of collective municipality – in the northwest Westerwaldkreis lies Dreifelden, on the biggest lake found on the Westerwald Lake Plateau (Westerwälder Seenplatte), the Dreifelder Weiher. The Verbandsgemeinde to which the community belongs has its seat in the like-named town.

History

In 1319, Dreifelden had its first documentary mention.

In the center of the village stands the Threebendchurch, the oldest stone church of the Westerwald. The beginnings reach until the soon romanic times around the year 1000 back, whereby the church up until the Reformation time was used as walldrive-church.

Politics

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 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Dreifelden is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which joins the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg (11 km) and Altenkirchen (26 km). The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf und Dierdorf on the A 3 can be reached over Bundesstraßen 8 and 413. The Hennef interchange on the A 5 (AS 60) can be reached directly on Bundesstraße 8.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

External links

Panorama of the Dreifelder Weiher
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