Mudenbach
Mudenbach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mudenbach
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Mudenbach | |
  Mudenbach  Mudenbach | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′4″N 7°44′7″E / 50.66778°N 7.73528°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Christa Hülpüsch[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 766 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (415/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57614 |
| Dialling codes | 02688 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | mudenbach |
Mudenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]The community lies in the northern Westerwald on the river Wied. The community is mainly agriculturally structured. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Constituent communities
[edit]Mudenbach has one outlying centre named Hanwerth.
History
[edit]In 1270, Mudenbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
[edit]The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Mudenbach is linked to the long-distance transport network by Landesstraße 265 leading to Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can be reached by Bundesstraßen 8 and 413. The Hennef interchange on the A 5 (AS 60) can be reached directly by Bundesstraße 8.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Mudenbach (in German)
- Mudenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
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