Elsoff

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Elsoff

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Elsoff
Coordinates: 50°34′33″N 8°06′58″E / 50.57583°N 8.11611°E / 50.57583; 8.11611Coordinates: 50°34′33″N 8°06′58″E / 50.57583°N 8.11611°E / 50.57583; 8.11611
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Government
  Mayor Willi Halm
Area
  Total 9.44 km2 (3.64 sq mi)
Elevation 370 m (1,210 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 909
  Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56479
Dialling codes 02664
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.elsoff.de

Elsoff (Westerwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen (35 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg an der Lahn (22 km to the south). Elsoff belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

  • Kirche Elsoff (church)
  • Kapelle Mittelhofen (chapel)
  • Way of the Cross at the Heispel

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundAschaffenburg), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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

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