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Kölbingen

Coordinates: 50°33′13″N 7°56′09″E / 50.55361°N 7.93583°E / 50.55361; 7.93583
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Kölbingen
Old Catholic parish church on the Schoenberg between Möllingen and Koelbingen
Old Catholic parish church on the Schoenberg between Möllingen and Koelbingen
Coat of arms of Kölbingen
Location of Kölbingen within Westerwaldkreis district
Kölbingen is located in Germany
Kölbingen
Kölbingen
Kölbingen is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Kölbingen
Kölbingen
Coordinates: 50°33′13″N 7°56′09″E / 50.55361°N 7.93583°E / 50.55361; 7.93583
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Westerburg
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Frank Schäfer[1]
Area
 • Total4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Elevation
377 m (1,237 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total989
 • Density240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56459
Dialling codes02663
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.koelbingen.de

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

Geography

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Location

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Kölbingen lies roughly 4 km west of Westerburg, in a hollow between the Geisenwald and the Ruhscheid. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

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Kölbingen's Ortsteile (divisions) are Schönberg, Möllingen and Kölbingen.

History

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In 1494, Kölbingen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 16 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 26 May 2019.

Economy and infrastructure

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West of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). 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 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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