Luckenbach

This article is about Luckenbach in Germany. For Luckenbach in Texas, see Luckenbach, Texas. For ships with "Luckenbach" in their names, see USS Luckenbach.

Luckenbach
Luckenbach
Location of Luckenbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates	50°42′20″N 7°50′5″E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Mayor	Karl-Heinz Kaiser
Basic statistics
Area	3.61 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m  (951 ft)
Population	622 (31 December 2010)
- Density	172 /km2 (446 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WW
Postal code	57629
Area code	02662
Website	www.hachenburg-vg.de

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

Geography

Location

The village lies northeast of Koblenz in the valley of the Kleine Nister. Luckenbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1366, Luckenbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The 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.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

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

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.