- Daubach, Westerwaldkreis
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Daubach 
DaubachLocation of Daubach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates 50°23′28″N 7°50′53″E / 50.39111°N 7.84806°ECoordinates: 50°23′28″N 7°50′53″E / 50.39111°N 7.84806°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Westerwaldkreis Municipal assoc. Montabaur Mayor Raimund Hahn Basic statistics Area 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) Elevation 298 m (978 ft) Population 453 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 180 /km2 (467 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WW Postal code 56412 Area code 02602 Website www.vg-montabaur.de Daubach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.
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Geography
Location
The community lies west of Bundesautobahn 3, five kilometres from Montabaur, to the lee of the Stelzenbach Forest, above the Gelbach Valley and only seven kilometres from the Lahn Valley with its episcopal town, Limburg an der Lahn.
History
In 1343, Daubach had its first documentary mention. Daubach is nowadays a residential community without any established industry. The grocer’s shop closed in 2000. The building of the community’s own chapel in the 1990s may be described as a highlight.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Coat of arms
The approval for the community to bear its own arms was granted on 14 April 1981 by the government assistant.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
Further reading
- Hermann-Josef Hucke: Daubach im Wandel der Zeit 1343 - 1993
External links
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Koblenz region geography stubs
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