Mudenbach

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Mudenbach

Coat of arms
Mudenbach
Coordinates: 50°40′4″N 7°44′7″E / 50.66778°N 7.73528°E / 50.66778; 7.73528Coordinates: 50°40′4″N 7°44′7″E / 50.66778°N 7.73528°E / 50.66778; 7.73528
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Hachenburg
Government
 • Mayor Wolfgang Petri
Area
 • Total 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Elevation 295 m (968 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 754
 • Density 160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 57614
Dialling codes 02688
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.hachenburg-vg.de

Mudenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the northern Westerwald on the river Wied. The community is mainly agriculturally structured. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Constituent communities

Mudenbach has one outlying centre named Hanwerth.

History

In 1270, Mudenbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

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.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Mudenbach is linked to the long-distance transport network by Landesstraße 265 leading to Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can be reached by Bundesstraßen 8 and 413. The Hennef interchange on the A 5 (AS 60) can be reached directly by Bundesstraße 8.

References

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

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
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