Waigandshain

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Waigandshain im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Rennerod
Höhe = 530
Fläche = 4.05
Einwohner = 216
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56477
Vorwahl = 02664
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 302
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 55
56477 Rennerod
Website = [http://www.rennerod.de/rpn/vg_rennerod/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/gemeindeliste/gemeindeliste/waigandshain/index.phtml www.rennerod.de]
Bürgermeister = Ernst-Theo Jung

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

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg. the Breitbach Reservoir lies within the municipal area. Waigandshain belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1346, Waigandshain had its first documentary mention as "Wiganshen".

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

Right near the community, "Bundesstraßen" 54 linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg cross each other. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Haiger/Burbach" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 16 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Established businesses

Fuhrländer AG manufactures windfarms.

External links

* [http://www.rennerod.de/rpn/vg_rennerod/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/gemeindeliste/gemeindeliste/waigandshain/index.phtml Waigandshain in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon