Steinen | |
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Coordinates: 50°34′25″N 7°48′25″E / 50.57361°N 7.80694°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Selters (Westerwald) |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Mario Reifenberg [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 4.20 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 241 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 56244 |
Dialling codes | 02626 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.steinen-westerwald.de |
Steinen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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.
The municipal 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.
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.
Steinen | |
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Coordinates: 50°34′25″N 7°48′25″E / 50.57361°N 7.80694°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Selters (Westerwald) |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Mario Reifenberg [1] |
Area | |
• Total | 4.20 km2 (1.62 sq mi) |
Elevation | 410 m (1,350 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)
[2] | |
• Total | 241 |
• Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
Postal codes | 56244 |
Dialling codes | 02626 |
Vehicle registration | WW |
Website | www.steinen-westerwald.de |
Steinen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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.
The municipal 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.
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.