Mudenbach
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| Mudenbach | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Mayor | Wolfgang Petri |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 4.78 km² (1.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
| Population | 808 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 169 /km² (438 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57614 |
| Area code | 02688 |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
| Location of Mudenbach within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Mudenbach 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 northern Westerwald on the river Wied. The community is mainly agriculturally structured. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] Constituent communities
Mudenbach has one outlying centre named Hanwerth.
[edit] History
In 1270, Mudenbach had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Mudenbach is linked to the long-distance transport network by Landesstraße 265 leading to Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can be reached by Bundesstraßen 8 and 413. To the Hennef interchange on the A 5 (AS 60) can be reached directly by Bundesstraße 8
[edit] External links
- Mudenbach (German)
- Mudenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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