Salzburg, Germany
Salzburg | |
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_COA.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Salzburg within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Salzburg  Salzburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′5″N 8°2′53″E / 50.66806°N 8.04806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Rennerod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Harald Menk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.30 km2 (0.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 218 |
| • Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56479 |
| Dialling codes | 02667 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.rennerod.de |
Salzburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg. Salzburg belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
[edit]About 1300, Salzburg had its first documentary mention as Salberg.
Politics
[edit]The municipal council is made up of 6 council members.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Right near the community, two Bundesstraßen, 54 linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg cross each other. 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.
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