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Dreisbach 
DreisbachLocation of Dreisbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates 50°37′0″N 7°55′54″E / 50.616667°N 7.93167°ECoordinates: 50°37′0″N 7°55′54″E / 50.616667°N 7.93167°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Westerwaldkreis Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) Mayor Kurt Wagner Basic statistics Area 4.62 km2 (1.78 sq mi) Elevation 440 m (1444 ft) Population 582 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 126 /km2 (326 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WW Postal code 56472 Area code 02661 Website www.bad-marienberg.de Dreisbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Geography
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen. The river Nister, which is part of the river Sieg’s drainage basin flows from east to west through the municipal area. Dreisbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
In 1252, Dreisbach 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 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, which leads from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 22 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
External links
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Koblenz region geography stubs
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