Heimborn

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Heimborn.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 42 |lat_sec = 46
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 45 |lon_sec = 19
Lageplan = Heimborn im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 220
Fläche = 3.74
Einwohner = 291
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 57629
Vorwahl = 02688
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 236
Gliederung = 3
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/heimborn www.hachenburg-vg.de]
Bürgermeister = Wilfried Schneider

Heimborn is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, at the forks of the Nister in the middle of the Kroppach Switzerland.

Constituent communities

Heimborn’s "Ortsteile" are Heimborn and Ehrlich.

History

In 1346, Heimborn had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

South of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/heimborn/ Heimborn in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon