Winkelbach

Winkelbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Winkelbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Winkelbach Winkelbach
Coordinates: 50°38′59″N 7°43′59″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor	Eckhard Biehl
Area
• Total	1.34 km2 (0.52 sq mi)
Elevation	302 m (991 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	244
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57644
Dialling codes	02680
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.hachenburg-vg.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the upper Wied valley. Through the community flows the Wied. Winkelbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1262, Winkelbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 9 council members, including the honorary mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, which leads from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

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