Kuhnhöfen

Kuhnhöfen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Kuhnhöfen within Westerwaldkreis district
Kuhnhöfen Kuhnhöfen
Coordinates: 50°32′00″N 7°51′47″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Wallmerod
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Gerhard Hehl
Area
• Total	1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Elevation	390 m (1,280 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	156
• Density	93/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02666
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.wallmerod.de

Kuhnhöfen 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 in the Westerwald Lake Plateau drainage basin.

History

In 1590, Kuhnhöfen had its first documentary mention as Cunhoff uff der Steinen.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Right near the community runs 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

• Kuhnhöfen (in German)