Lautzenbrücken

Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken

Coordinates: 50°40′25″N 7°57′52″E / 50.67361°N 7.96444°E / 50.67361; 7.96444Coordinates: 50°40′25″N 7°57′52″E / 50.67361°N 7.96444°E / 50.67361; 7.96444
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
  Mayor Kai Kober
Area
  Total 4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 407
  Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56472
Dialling codes 02661
Vehicle registration WW
Website Gemeinde Lautzenbrücken

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Lautzenbrücken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Constituent communities

Lautzenbrücken has two outlying centres named Hohensayn und Eisenkaute.

History

In 1262, Lautzenbrücken had its first documentary mention as Luytzebrucke.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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

References


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