Herschbach, Wallmerod
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| Herschbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Local subdivisions | 2 |
| Mayor | Christof Kegler |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 4.63 km² (1.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 318 m (1043 ft) |
| Population | 963 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 208 /km² (539 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56414 |
| Area code | 06435 |
| Website | Herschbach |
| Location of Herschbach within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg.
[edit] Constituent communities
Herschbach has two outlying centres named Wahnscheid and Lochheim.
[edit] History
In 1290, Herschbach had its first documentary mention as Haderichsbach.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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