Lautzenbrücken
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| Lautzenbrücken | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) |
| Local subdivisions | 2 |
| Mayor | Kai Kober |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 4.28 km² (1.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 501 m (1644 ft) |
| Population | 393 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 92 /km² (238 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56472 |
| Area code | 02661 |
| Website | Gemeinde Lautzenbrücken |
| Location of Lautzenbrücken within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Lautzenbrücken is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Lautzenbrücken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] Constituent communities
Lautzenbrücken has two outlying centres named Hohensayn und Eisenkaute.
[edit] History
In 1262, Lautzenbrücken had its first documentary mention as Luytzebrucke.
[edit] Politics
[edit] 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.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 20 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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