Liebenscheid

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 5 |lon_sec = 54
Lageplan = Liebenscheid im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Rennerod
Höhe = 535
Fläche = 10.56
Einwohner = 943
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56479
Vorwahl = 02667
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 256
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 55
56477 Rennerod
Website = [http://www.rennerod.de/rpn/vg_rennerod/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/gemeindeliste/gemeindeliste/liebenscheid/index.phtml www.rennerod.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans-Dieter Widerstein

Liebenscheid 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 on the boundaries with North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse. Liebenscheid belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Constituent communities

Liebenscheid has two outlying centres named Weißenberg and Löhnfeld.

History

In 1341, Liebenscheid had its first documentary mention in a partition treaty between the sons of Count Johann I of Nassau-Dillenburg . At this time there also stood Schloss Liebenscheid, a residential castle, which was later taken down.

In 1360, Liebenscheid, together with the neighbouring village of Weißenberg, was granted town rights by Emperor Karl IV, whereby the Emperor bestowed upon the two places the same rights that the Imperial town of Wetzlar held.

In the prison at Schloss Liebenscheid, Peter Paul Rubens’s father, Jan Rubens, was once held for having a close relationship with Anna, William the Silent’s wife.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Haiger/Burbach" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line. The nearest air travel connection is offered by the Siegerland Airport lying a few kilometres west of the community.

External links

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

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