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Waigandshain

Coordinates: 50°38′41″N 8°5′7″E / 50.64472°N 8.08528°E / 50.64472; 8.08528
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Waigandshain
Municipality
Coat of arms of Waigandshain
Coat of arms
Location of Waigandshain within Westerwaldkreis district
Waigandshain is located in Germany
Waigandshain
Waigandshain
Waigandshain is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Waigandshain
Waigandshain
Coordinates: 50°38′41″N 8°5′7″E / 50.64472°N 8.08528°E / 50.64472; 8.08528
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Rennerod
Government
 • MayorErnst-Theo Jung
Area
 • Total
4.05 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation
530 m (1,740 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
221
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56477
Dialling codes02664
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.rennerod.de

Waigandshain 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 Siegen and Limburg. the Breitbach Reservoir lies within the municipal area. Waigandshain belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1346, Waigandshain had its first documentary mention as Wiganshen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.


Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right near the community, Bundesstraßen 54 linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg cross each other. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 16 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Established businesses

Fuhrländer AG manufactures windfarms.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.


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