Kölbingen

Kölbingen
Old parish church on the Schönberg

Coat of arms
Kölbingen
Location of Kölbingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°33′13″N 7°56′09″E / 50.55361°N 7.93583°E / 50.55361; 7.93583Coordinates: 50°33′13″N 7°56′09″E / 50.55361°N 7.93583°E / 50.55361; 7.93583
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor Frank Schäfer
Area
 • Total 4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation 377 m (1,237 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,036
 • Density 250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56459
Dialling codes 02663
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.koelbingen.de

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

Geography

Location

Kölbingen lies roughly 4 km west of Westerburg, in a hollow between the Geisenwald and the Ruhscheid. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

Kölbingen’s Ortsteile (divisions) are Schönberg, Möllingen and Kölbingen.

History

In 1494, Kölbingen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 17 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

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
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