Lautzenbrücken
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Location of Lautzenbrücken within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Lautzenbrücken  Lautzenbrücken | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′25″N 7°57′52″E / 50.67361°N 7.96444°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) |
| Subdivisions | 2 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Karsten Lucke[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 501 m (1,644 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 456 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56472 |
| Dialling codes | 02661 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | Gemeinde Lautzenbrücken |
Lautzenbrücken is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Lautzenbrücken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Constituent communities
[edit]Lautzenbrücken has two outlying centres named Hohensayn und Eisenkaute.
History
[edit]In 1262, Lautzenbrücken had its first documentary mention as Luytzebrucke.
Politics
[edit]The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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