Stein-Neukirch

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Stein Neukirch im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Rennerod
Höhe = 615
Fläche = 7.15
Einwohner = 450
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56479
Vorwahl = 02667
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 295
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 55
56477 Rennerod
Website = [http://www.rennerod.de/rpn/vg_rennerod/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/gemeindeliste/gemeindeliste/stein_neukirch/index.phtml www.rennerod.de]
Bürgermeister = Gerhard Haas

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

Geography

Location

The community of Stein-Neukirch lies in the Westerwald between Siegen in the north and Limburg in the south. At 605 m above sea level, it is the Westerwald’s highest community. Stegskopf and Salzburger Kopf are at 654 m and 653 m respectively Stein-Neukirch’s landmark mountains.

History

The church in the constituent community of Neukirch had its first documentary mention in 1231. The “new church” (“neue Kirche” in German) originally functioned as a resistance and fortress church. Later it was the community’s ecclesiastical-cultural hub on the high plateau of the Westerwald. In the Middle Ages, Neukirch was a court seat, and formed with the High Westerwald’s two other court regions, Marienberg and Emmerichenhain, the “Lordship over the Westerwald”, long governed by the House of Nassau.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

The basalt columns in the community’s arms stand for the constituent community of Stein (whose name in German means “stone”), and the churches stand for the constituent community of Neukirch, making this an example of canting arms (that is, the charges in the arms suggest the community’s name, Stein-Neukirch).

Regular events

On the first weekend in August, the Stein-Neukirch kermis is held. Neukirch Market is very popular and is celebrated traditionally.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right near the community, "Bundesstraßen" 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg, cross each other. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Haiger/Burbach" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 14 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

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