Bellingen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Bellingen
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Bellingen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 35 |lat_sec = 31
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 54 |lon_sec = 25
Lageplan = Bellingen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 430
Fläche = 4.29
Einwohner = 591
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02663
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 207
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.bellingen.de www.bellingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Gerhard Kornab

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

Geografie

Geografische Lage

Bellingen lies in a hollow northwest of Westerburg. 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.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 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

South of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3. 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/bellingen/index.phtml Bellingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon