Weidenhahn

Weidenhahn
Weidenhahn (foreground)
Coat of arms
Weidenhahn
Location of Weidenhahn within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°32′50″N 7°50′19″E / 50.54722°N 7.83861°ECoordinates: 50°32′50″N 7°50′19″E / 50.54722°N 7.83861°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Selters (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Dieter Görg
Area
• Total	3.25 km^2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	561
• Density	170/km^2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56244
Dialling codes	02666
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.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. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.

External links

• Weidenhahn (German)
• Verbandsgemeinde of Selters (German)