Horbach, Westerwaldkreis

Horbach

Coat of arms
Horbach

Coordinates: 50°22′23″N 7°51′10″E / 50.37306°N 7.85278°E / 50.37306; 7.85278Coordinates: 50°22′23″N 7°51′10″E / 50.37306°N 7.85278°E / 50.37306; 7.85278
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Montabaur
Government
 • Mayor Uli Schmidt
Area
 • Total 3.94 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 688
 • Density 170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56412
Dialling codes 06439
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.vg-montabaur.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1486, Horbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

Horbach’s location in the so-called Buchfinkenländchen is symbolized by the common chaffinch in the community’s arms. The wavy bend stands for one of the headwater streams that builds the Daubach, which rises in Horbach. The heraldic lily refers to the name’s meaning (horo = swamp), recalling as it does a kind of lily that grows in wetlands. The tinctures red and silver were the heraldic colours borne by the Electorate of Trier.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) some 9 km away.

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.


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