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Steinebach an der Wied

Coordinates: 50°36′36″N 7°48′17″E / 50.61000°N 7.80472°E / 50.61000; 7.80472
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Steinebach an der Wied
Coat of arms of Steinebach an der Wied
Location of Steinebach an der Wied within Westerwaldkreis district
Steinebach an der Wied is located in Germany
Steinebach an der Wied
Steinebach an der Wied
Steinebach an der Wied is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Steinebach an der Wied
Steinebach an der Wied
Coordinates: 50°36′36″N 7°48′17″E / 50.61000°N 7.80472°E / 50.61000; 7.80472
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Subdivisions4
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Heinz Schneider[1]
Area
 • Total8.30 km2 (3.20 sq mi)
Elevation
378 m (1,240 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total820
 • Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57629
Dialling codes02662
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.steinebach-wied.de

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

Geography

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Location

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On the southern boundary of the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg (a kind of collective municipality whose seat is in the like-named town), in the northwest of the Westerwaldkreis, on the Westerwald Lake Plateau and on the Wied lies the community of Steinebach an der Wied.

Constituent communities

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Steinebach an der Wied's Ortsteile are Steinebach, Schmidthahn, Langenbaum and Seeburg.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Culture and sightseeing

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Buildings

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In the community are found the ruins of a castle, Burg Steinebach (on the Wied).

Economy and infrastructure

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Steinebach an der Wied is linked to the long-distance road network by Bundesstraße 8, which also links the community with the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt) can be reached by way of Bundesstraße 8/Bundesstraße 413. The Hennef interchange on the A 5 can be reached directly by Bundesstraße 8. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  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.
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