Kuhnhöfen
Kuhnhöfen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Kuhnhöfen
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Kuhnhöfen | |
  Kuhnhöfen  Kuhnhöfen | |
| Coordinates: 50°32′00″N 7°51′47″E / 50.53333°N 7.86306°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Gerhard Hehl[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 145 |
| • Density | 86.3/km2 (224/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56244 |
| Dialling codes | 02666 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.wallmerod.de |
Kuhnhöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
[edit]The community lies in the Westerwald in the Westerwald Lake Plateau drainage basin.
History
[edit]In 1590, Kuhnhöfen had its first documentary mention as Cunhoff uff der Steinen.
Politics
[edit]The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 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.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Kuhnhöfen (in German)
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