Heimborn

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Heimborn

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Heimborn
Coordinates: 50°42′46″N 7°45′19″E / 50.71278°N 7.75528°E / 50.71278; 7.75528Coordinates: 50°42′46″N 7°45′19″E / 50.71278°N 7.75528°E / 50.71278; 7.75528
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Subdivisions 3
Government
  Mayor Wilfried Schneider
Area
  Total 3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation 220 m (720 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 274
  Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 57629
Dialling codes 02688
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.hachenburg-vg.de

Heimborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, at the forks of the Nister in the middle of the Kroppach Switzerland.

Constituent communities

Heimborn’s Ortsteile are Heimborn and Ehrlich.

History

In 1346, Heimborn had its first documentary mention.

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.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen), 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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