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Mörsbach Niedermörsbach
MörsbachLocation of Mörsbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates 50°43′36″N 7°47′0″E / 50.72667°N 7.783333°ECoordinates: 50°43′36″N 7°47′0″E / 50.72667°N 7.783333°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Westerwaldkreis Municipal assoc. Hachenburg Local subdivisions 4 Mayor Egon Müller Basic statistics Area 5.92 km2 (2.29 sq mi) Elevation 340 m (1116 ft) Population 463 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 78 /km2 (203 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WW Postal code 57629 Area code 02688 Website www.hachenburg-vg.de Mörsbach 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 in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz). It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Constituent communities
Mörsbach’s Ortsteile are Obermörsbach, Niedermörsbach, Wintershof and Burbach.
History
In 1335, Mörsbach had its first documentary mention as Mersbach.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen). 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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