Herschbach, Wallmerod

Herschbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Herschbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Herschbach Herschbach
Coordinates: 50°30′21″N 7°55′43″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Subdivisions	2
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Christof Kegler
Area
• Total	4.63 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Elevation	318 m (1,043 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	951
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56414
Dialling codes	06435
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	Herschbach

Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. Herschbach has two outlying centres named Wahnscheid and Lochheim.

History

In 1290, Herschbach had its first documentary mention as Haderichsbach.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)