Liebenscheid

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Liebenscheid

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Liebenscheid
Coordinates: 50°41′50″N 8°5′54″E / 50.69722°N 8.09833°E / 50.69722; 8.09833Coordinates: 50°41′50″N 8°5′54″E / 50.69722°N 8.09833°E / 50.69722; 8.09833
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Government
  Mayor Hans-Dieter Widerstein
Area
  Total 10.56 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Elevation 535 m (1,755 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
  Total 864
  Density 82/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56479
Dialling codes 02667
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.rennerod.de

Liebenscheid 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 and Limburg on the boundaries with North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse. Liebenscheid belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Liebenscheid has two outlying centres named Weißenberg and Löhnfeld.

History

In 1341, Liebenscheid had its first documentary mention in a partition treaty between the sons of Count Johann I of Nassau-Dillenburg. At this time there also stood Schloss Liebenscheid, a residential castle, which was later taken down.

In 1360, Liebenscheid, together with the neighbouring village of Weißenberg, was granted town rights by Emperor Karl IV, whereby the Emperor bestowed upon the two places the same rights that the Imperial town of Wetzlar held.

In the prison at Schloss Liebenscheid, Peter Paul Rubens’s father, Jan Rubens, was once held for having a close relationship with Anna, William the Silent’s wife.

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

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundAschaffenburg), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. The nearest air travel connection is offered by the Siegerland Airport lying a few kilometres west of the community.

References

  1. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 
This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

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