Weidenhahn

Weidenhahn
Weidenhahn (foreground)

Coat of arms
Weidenhahn
Location of Weidenhahn within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°32′50″N 7°50′19″E / 50.54722°N 7.83861°E / 50.54722; 7.83861Coordinates: 50°32′50″N 7°50′19″E / 50.54722°N 7.83861°E / 50.54722; 7.83861
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald)
Government
  Mayor Dieter Görg
Area
  Total 3.25 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation 380 m (1,250 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
  Total 579
  Density 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56244
Dialling codes 02666
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.weidenhahn.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies 7 km northeast of Selters at the junction of Weidenbach and Steinchesbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

About 1200, Weidenhahn was first mentioned under the name Weidenhagen. Other names that it has had over time are Weidenhayn, Wedinhane, Weidinhan, Weidenhayn and Weidenhahn.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Seat apportionment on council:

WG GörgWG D. EulbergTotal
20047916 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies west of Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. 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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