Winkelbach
Winkelbach | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Winkelbach
within Westerwaldkreis district
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Location of Winkelbach | |
Winkelbach Winkelbach | |
| Coordinates: 50°39′N 7°44′E / 50.650°N 7.733°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Eckhard Biehl[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 302 m (991 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 231 |
| • Density | 172/km2 (446/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57644 |
| Dialling codes | 02680 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
Winkelbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the upper Wied valley. Through the community flows the Wied. Winkelbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1262, Winkelbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the honorary mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, which leads from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away.
Winkelbach was connected to the public rail transport though a station on the Selters-Hachenburg narrow gauge railway, which already has been closed and deconstructed.
The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
External links
- Winkelbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in German)