Elsoff

Elsoff is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

This article is about the community in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. For the river in North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, Germany, see Elsoff (river).

Elsoff
Coat of arms
Location of Elsoff within Westerwaldkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°34′33″N 8°06′58″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Rennerod
Government
• Mayor	Willi Halm
Area
• Total	9.44 km^2 (3.64 sq mi)
Elevation	370 m (1,210 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	913
• Density	97/km^2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56479
Dialling codes	02664
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.elsoff.de

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen (35 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg an der Lahn (22 km to the south). Elsoff belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

• Kirche Elsoff (church)
• Kapelle Mittelhofen (chapel)
• Way of the Cross at the Heispel

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs Bundesstraße 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.

External links

• Elsoff (Westerwald) (in German)