Westernohe
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| Westernohe | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rennerod |
| Mayor | Herbert Stecker |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 7.50 km² (2.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 425 m (1394 ft) |
| Population | 956 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 127 /km² (330 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56479 |
| Area code | 02664 |
| Location of Westernohe within Westerwaldkreis district | |
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Westernohe 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 Siegen (34 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg (24 km to the south). Westernohe belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town. Westernohe itself is seat of the Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg (DPSG).
[edit] History
In 1059, Westernohe had its first documentary mention as Westernaha.
[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
Bundesstraße 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, runs 3 km west of the community. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 22 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
- Westernohe (German)
- Westernohe 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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