Langenbach bei Kirburg

Langenbach bei Kirburg
Langenbach bei Kirburg
	Coat of arms
	Location of Langenbach bei Kirburg within Westerwaldkreis district
	Langenbach bei Kirburg Langenbach bei Kirburg
	Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 7°56′12″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Artur Schneider
Area
• Total	5.51 km2 (2.13 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population (2019-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,080
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57520
Dialling codes	02661
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.bad-marienberg.de

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

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. The Langenbach, which belongs to the Sieg drainage basin, flows through the municipal area. Langenbach bei Kirburg belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

In 1261, Langenbach bei Kirburg had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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