Hahnstätten

Hahnstätten
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Hahnstätten within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 50°18′16″N 8°04′11″E / 50.3044°N 8.06969°E / 50.3044; 8.06969
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Aar-Einrich
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Joachim Egert[1]
Area
• Total	10.70 km^2 (4.13 sq mi)
Elevation	145 m (476 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,033
• Density	280/km^2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	65623
Dialling codes	06430
Vehicle registration	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Website	www.hahnstaetten.de

Hahnstätten is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the association community of Aar-Einrich. It is situated on the river Aar, approx. 10 km south of Limburg an der Lahn, and 35 km east of Koblenz. In 1949 the conductor Bruno Weil was born here.

Hahnstätten was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hahnstätten.

There is a large limestone quarry, operated by Schaefer Kalk.

The Schaefer Kalk quarry.

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rightFormer train station on the Aartal railway

The town is located on the Aartal railway, train service on the section has been discontinued in 1986.

Nowadays Diez is the nearest railway station located at the Lahntal railway.

Local busses serve the town nowadays and it is located in the area of Rhine-Moselle transport association (VRM).

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
2. Bevölkerungsstand 31. Dezember 2023, Landkreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden; Fortschreibung des Zensus 2011 (in German), Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz, 2024