Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

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Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Location of Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 7°55′25″E / 50.47611°N 7.92361°E / 50.47611; 7.92361Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 7°55′25″E / 50.47611°N 7.92361°E / 50.47611; 7.92361
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Government
 • Mayor Werner Türk
Area
 • Total 1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Elevation 295 m (968 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 188
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56414
Dialling codes 06435
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.wallmerod.de

Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community part of a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of two communities named Zehnhausen in the Westerwaldkreis, the other being Zehnhausen bei Rennerod.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1391, Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod had its first documentary mention as Zeenhußen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Regular events

The Linden Blossom Festival (Lindenblütenfest) held every year on the first weekend in July has grown into an attraction for the whole local area.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

To Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef, it is four kilometres. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some eleven kilometres 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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