Stockhausen-Illfurth

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Lageplan = Stockhausen Illfurth im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Höhe = 496
Fläche = 3.24
Einwohner = 480
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56472
Vorwahl = 02661
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 297
Adresse-Verband = Kirburger Straße 4
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Website = [http://www.bad-marienberg.de/verwaltung/stockhausen.php www.bad-marienberg.de]
Bürgermeister = Karl-Heinz Baldus

Stockhausen-Illfurth 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 Limburg und Siegen. Through the community flows the Große Nister. Stockhausen-Illfurth belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1438, Stockhausen-Illfurth had its first documentary mention.

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.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

North of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Haiger/Burbach" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 22 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.bad-marienberg.de/verwaltung/stockhausen.php Stockhausen-Illfurth in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon