Kölbingen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Kölbingen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Westerburg
Höhe = 377
Fläche = 4.07
Einwohner = 1098
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56459
Vorwahl = 02663
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 249
Gliederung = 3
Adresse-Verband = Neumarkt 1
56457 Westerburg
Website = [http://www.koelbingen.de www.koelbingen.de]
Bürgermeister = Frank Schäfer

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

Geography

Location

Kölbingen lies roughly 4 km west of Westerburg, in a hollow between the "Geisenwald" and the "Ruhscheid". Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded "Verbandsgemeinde" of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Constituent communities

Kölbingen’s "Ortsteile" are Schönberg, Möllingen and Kölbingen.

History

In 1494, Kölbingen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 17 council members, including the extraofficial mayor ("Bürgermeister"), 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" 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Diez" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.koelbingen.de/ Kölbingen] de icon
* [http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/koelbingen/index.phtml Kölbingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon