Horbach, Westerwaldkreis

Horbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Horbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Horbach Horbach
Coordinates: 50°22′23″N 7°51′10″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Christoph Büttner
Area
• Total	3.94 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	701
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	06439
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

Horbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1486, Horbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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.

Coat of arms

Horbach's location in the so-called Buchfinkenländchen is symbolized by the common chaffinch in the community's arms. The wavy bend stands for one of the headwater streams that builds the Daubach, which rises in Horbach. The heraldic lily refers to the name's meaning (horo = swamp), recalling as it does a kind of lily that grows in wetlands. The tinctures red and silver were the heraldic colours borne by the Electorate of Trier.

Economy and infrastructure

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) some 9 km away.

External links

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