Homberg, Westerwaldkreis

Homberg
Homberg
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Homberg within Westerwaldkreis district
	Homberg Homberg
	Coordinates: 50°38′32″N 8°06′23″E / 50.64222°N 8.10639°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Rennerod
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Michael Gräb
Area
• Total	2.16 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Elevation	585 m (1,919 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	186
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56479
Dialling codes	02664
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.homberg-westerwald.de

Homberg (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔmbɛʁk] ^ⓘ) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography[edit]

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg on the 634 m-high Homberg (mountain). About 1 km to the west is found the Breitenbach Reservoir on the Breitenbach, an eastern tributary to the river Nister.

History[edit]

In 1256, Homberg had its first documentary mention as Hoimberch über dem Westerwald.

Politics[edit]

Community council[edit]

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

Mayor[edit]

The community's mayor (Bürgermeister) is Michael Gräb (independent).

Economy and infrastructure[edit]

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 20 km away. 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.

External links[edit]

Homberg (in German)
Homberg in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)

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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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