Steinebach an der Wied
Steinebach an der Wied | |
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Coordinates: 50°36′36″N 7°48′17″E / 50.61000°N 7.80472°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
Subdivisions | 4 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Heinz Schneider[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 8.30 km2 (3.20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 820 |
• Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 57629 |
Dialling codes | 02662 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.steinebach-wied.de |
Steinebach an der Wied is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]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
[edit]Steinebach an der Wied's Ortsteile are Steinebach, Schmidthahn, Langenbaum and Seeburg.
Politics
[edit]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
[edit]Buildings
[edit]In the community are found the ruins of a castle, Burg Steinebach (on the Wied).
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]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 (Cologne–Frankfurt) 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
[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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