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Heimborn

Heimborn
Coat of arms of Heimborn
Location of Heimborn within Westerwaldkreis district

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Location of Heimborn
Heimborn   is located in Germany
Heimborn
Heimborn
Heimborn   is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Heimborn
Heimborn
Coordinates: 50°42′46″N 7°45′19″E / 50.71278°N 7.75528°E / 50.71278; 7.75528
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Subdivisions3
Government
  Mayor (201924) Katja Krüger[1]
Area
  Total
3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
  Total
266
  Density71.1/km2 (184/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57629
Dialling codes02688
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de

Heimborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

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Location

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, at the forks of the Nister in the middle of the Kroppach Switzerland.

Constituent communities

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Heimborn's Ortsteile are Heimborn and Ehrlich.

History

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In 1346, Heimborn had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

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South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (DortmundGießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
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