Steinen, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

Steinen
Coat of arms
Location of Steinen within Westerwaldkreis district
Steinen
Steinen
Coordinates: 50°34′25″N 7°48′25″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Selters (Westerwald)
Government
 • MayorThomas Horn
Area
 • Total4.20 km2 (1.62 sq mi)
Elevation
410 m (1,350 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total254
 • Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
56244
Dialling codes02626
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.steinen-westerwald.de

Geography

Location

Steinen lies 5 km from Herschbach and 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. In the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden - unser Dorf hat Zukunft (“Our village should be lovelier – our village has a future”), Steinen was distinguished several times. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies right on Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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


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