Stahlhofen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Stahlhofen
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Stahlhofen.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 23 |lat_sec = 38
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 51 |lon_sec = 34
Lageplan = Stahlhofen im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Montabaur
Höhe = 300
Fläche = 2.98
Einwohner = 708
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56412
Vorwahl = 02602
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 072
Adresse-Verband = Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
56410 Montabaur
Website = [http://www.stahlhofen-westerwald.de/ www.stahlhofen-westerwald.de]
Bürgermeister = Hubert Diel
Partei =

Stahlhofen is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is not to be confused with Stahlhofen am Wiesensee, another community in the same district, but in the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Westerburg.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1387, Stahlhofen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Coat of arms

The chapel in the community’s arms symbolizes the age-old "Wendelinuskapelle", which was replaced in the last century by the new building shown in the arms. The linden trees standing next to the chapel, which can be seen far into the surrounding countryside, are Stahlhofen’s main landmark. The basalt columns stand for the rich basalt deposits the municipal area. The arms’ basic tincture, silver, and the chapel’s tincture, red, are from the coat of arms formerly borne by the Electorate of Trier.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Montabaur" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.

External links

* [http://www.stahlhofen-westerwald.de/ Stahlhofen] de icon
* [http://www.vg-montabaur.de/haupt/gemeinden/inhalt/gemeinde_stahlhofen/index.html Stahlhofen in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon