Herschbach, Wallmerod

Infobox German Location
Name = Herschbach
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Herschbach Oberwesterwald.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 30 |lat_sec = 21
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 55 |lon_sec = 43
Lageplan = Herschbach_Oww_im_Westerwaldkreis.png‎ Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Wallmerod
Höhe = 318
Fläche = 4.63
Einwohner = 963
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56414
Vorwahl = 06435
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 239
Gliederung = 2
Adresse-Verband = Gerichtsstraße 1
56414 Wallmerod
Website = [http://www.wallmerod.de/gemeinden/herschbach_oww/index.html Herschbach]
Bürgermeister = Christof Kegler

Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg.

Constituent communities

Herschbach has two outlying centres named Wahnscheid and Lochheim.

History

In 1290, Herschbach had its first documentary mention as "Haderichsbach".

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

Running right through the community is "Bundesstraße" 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.wallmerod.de/gemeinden/herschbach_oww/index.html Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon