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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Heimborn
Municipality
Coat of arms of HeimbornCoat of arms
Location of Heimborn within Westerwaldkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°42′46″N 7°45′19″E / 50.71278°N 7.75528°E / 50.71278; 7.75528
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Katja Krüger
Area
 • Total3.74 km (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation220 m (720 ft)
Population
 • Total264
 • Density71/km (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes57629
Dialling codes02688
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de

Heimborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, at the forks of the Nister in the middle of the Kroppach Switzerland.

Constituent communities

Heimborn's Ortsteile are Heimborn and Ehrlich.

History

In 1346, Heimborn had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

External links

Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
Coat of arms


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