Halbs

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen halbs.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 35 |lat_sec = 27
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 57 |lon_sec = 53
Lageplan = Halbs im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 450
Fläche = 2.12
Einwohner = 377
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56457
Vorwahl = 02663
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 233
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/halbs/index.phtml www.westerburger-land.de]
Bürgermeister = Rudi Kessler

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

Geography

Location

Halbs lies 3 km north of Westerburg on a bank in the middle of a wooded and field area. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded "Verbandsgemeinde" of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Neighbouring communities

Bordering on Halbs are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 9 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

Transport

North of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Diez" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/halbs/index.phtml Halbs in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon