Kroppach

Kroppach
Kroppach
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kroppach within Westerwaldkreis district
	Location of Kroppach
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	Coordinates: 50°41′44″N 7°44′25″E / 50.69556°N 7.74028°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Michael Birk
Area
• Total	3.97 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation	319 m (1,047 ft)
Population (2024-12-31)
• Total	725
• Density	183/km2 (473/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57612
Dialling codes	02688
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.gemeinde-kroppach.de

Kroppach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community of Kroppach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

The community lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen and is described as the gateway to the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.

History

In 1199, Kroppach had its first documentary mention. In 1999, this event was the subject of a celebratory publication (Festschrift). Kroppach was for a long time the seat of a tithe court and had its own court seal. In 1661, a so-called Kirchspiel-Winterschule (“parish winter school”) was established, which 70 years later, beginning in 1731, was also run the year round.

Politics

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

Culture and sightseeing

Parks

The local recreation area, called the Kroppacher Schweiz, or “Kroppach Switzerland”, with its many hiking paths and panoramas into the Nister Valley is a recognized nature and landscape conservation area.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Ingelbach station , street view from the direction of Kroppach

The train station named "Ingelbach" of the Limburg-Altenkirchen railway is located at the border of Kroppach and Ingelbach. South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The local bus linies 408, 410 and 255 serve Kroppach. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in 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.

Energy

Sustainable electricity production takes place in the area of Kroppach/Giesenhausen through a Wind farm as well as a Solar park.

References

^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.

External links

Kroppach (in German)

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[1] Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

[2] "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.

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