Norken
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| Norken | |
| 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) |
| Mayor | Friedrich-Wilhelm Wagner |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 5.99 km² (2.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 458 m (1503 ft) |
| Population | 1,021 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 170 /km² (441 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 57629 |
| Area code | 02661 |
| Website | www.norken.de |
| Location of Norken within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Norken 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. The community is also between the Große Nister and Kleine Nister. Norken 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] History
In 1262, Norken had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Regular events
At Easter the traditional Eierschibbeln – a kind of Easter egg roll – is celebrated.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
Running right near the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Herborn to Altenkirchen. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 26 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
- Norken (German)
- Norken 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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