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Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 7°55′25″E / 50.47611°N 7.92361°E / 50.47611; 7.92361
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Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Coat of arms of Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Location of Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod within Westerwaldkreis district
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod is located in Germany
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 7°55′25″E / 50.47611°N 7.92361°E / 50.47611; 7.92361
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Wallmerod
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Michael Karaski[1]
Area
 • Total1.57 km2 (0.61 sq mi)
Elevation
295 m (968 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total183
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56414
Dialling codes06435
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.wallmerod.de

Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community part of a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of two communities named Zehnhausen in the Westerwaldkreis, the other being Zehnhausen bei Rennerod.

Geography

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

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In 1391, Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod had its first documentary mention as Zeenhußen.

Politics

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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.

Regular events

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The Linden Blossom Festival (Lindenblütenfest) held every year on the first weekend in July has grown into an attraction for the whole local area.

Economy and infrastructure

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To Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef, it is four kilometres. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some eleven kilometres away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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