Homberg, Westerwaldkreis
Homberg | |
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.svg) 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[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.16 km2 (0.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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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