Stahlhofen

Stahlhofen
Stahlhofen
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Stahlhofen within Westerwaldkreis district
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor	Hubert Diel
Area
• Total	2.98 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	755
• Density	250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	02602
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.stahlhofen-westerwald.de

Stahlhofen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is not to be confused with Stahlhofen am Wiesensee, another community in the same district, but in the Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1387, Stahlhofen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

The chapel in the community’s arms symbolizes the age-old Wendelinuskapelle, which was replaced in the last century by the new building shown in the arms. The linden trees standing next to the chapel, which can be seen far into the surrounding countryside, are Stahlhofen’s main landmark. The basalt columns stand for the rich basalt deposits the municipal area. The arms’ basic tincture, silver, and the chapel’s tincture, red, are from the coat of arms formerly borne by the Electorate of Trier.