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Weidenhahn
Weidenhahn (foreground)
Weidenhahn (foreground)
Coat of arms of Weidenhahn
Location of Weidenhahn within Westerwaldkreis district
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Selters (Westerwald)
Government
 • MayorDieter Görg
Area
 • Total3.25 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Elevation
380 m (1,250 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total578
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56244
Dialling codes02666
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.weidenhahn.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies 7 km northeast of Selters at the junction of Weidenbach and Steinchesbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

About 1200, Weidenhahn was first mentioned under the name Weidenhagen. Other names that it has had over time are Weidenhayn, Wedinhane, Weidinhan, Weidenhayn and Weidenhahn.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Seat apportionment on council:

WG Görg WG D. Eulberg Total
2004 7 9 16 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies west of Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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