Luckenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Luckenbach | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Luckenbach within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Luckenbach  Luckenbach | |
| Coordinates: 50°42′20″N 7°50′5″E / 50.70556°N 7.83472°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Dieter Bethke |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.61 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 659 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57629 |
| Dialling codes | 02662 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.luckenbach-ww.de |
Geography
editThe village lies northeast of Koblenz in the valley of the Kleine Nister. Luckenbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality.
History
editIn 1366, Luckenbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
editThe 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
editSouth of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
edit- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
edit- Official website
(in German)
This Westerwaldkreis location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |