Steinen, Rhineland-Palatinate

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Steinen
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Steinen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 34 |lat_sec = 25
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 48 |lon_sec = 25
Lageplan = Steinen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Selters (Westerwald)
Höhe = 410
Fläche = 4.20
Einwohner = 247
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56244
Vorwahl = 02626
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 075
Adresse-Verband = Am Saynbach 5 - 7
56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Website = [http://www.steinen-westerwald.de www.steinen-westerwald.de]
Bürgermeister = Thomas Horn

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

Geography

Location

Steinen lies 5 km from Herschbach and 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. In the contest "Unser Dorf soll schöner werden - unser Dorf hat Zukunft" (“Our village should be lovelier – our village has a future”), Steinen was distinguished several times. It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Selters, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 13 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor ("Ortsbürgermeister"), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies right on "Bundesstraße" 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Mogendorf" 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.steinen-westerwald.de/ Steinen (Westerwald)] de icon
* [http://www.selters-ww.de/ Verbandsgemeinde of Selters] de icon