Stockhausen-Illfurth

Stockhausen-Illfurth
Stockhausen-Illfurth
Location of Stockhausen-Illfurth within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°38′48″N 7°59′15″E / 50.64667°N 7.98750°E / 50.64667; 7.98750Coordinates: 50°38′48″N 7°59′15″E / 50.64667°N 7.98750°E / 50.64667; 7.98750
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
 • Mayor Karl-Heinz Baldus
Area
 • Total 3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation 496 m (1,627 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 464
 • Density 140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56472
Dialling codes 02661
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.bad-marienberg.de

Stockhausen-Illfurth 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 Limburg und Siegen. Through the community flows the Große Nister. Stockhausen-Illfurth belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1438, Stockhausen-Illfurth had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

North of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 22 km away. 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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