Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod
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| Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
| Administration | |
| Country | |
|---|---|
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wallmerod |
| Mayor | Werner Türk |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 1.57 km² (0.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
| Population | 187 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 119 /km² (308 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | WW |
| Postal code | 56414 |
| Area code | 06435 |
| Website | www.wallmerod.de |
| Location of Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod within Westerwaldkreis district | |
Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is one of two communities named Zehnhausen in the Westerwaldkreis, the other being Zehnhausen bei Rennerod.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] History
In 1391, Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod had its first documentary mention as Zeenhußen.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
[edit] Regular events
The Linden Blossom Festival (Lindenblütenfest) held every year on the first weekend in July has grown into an attraction for the whole local area.
[edit] Economy and infrastructure
[edit] Transport
To Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef, it is four kilometres. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some eleven kilometres away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

