Marzhausen

Marzhausen
Marzhausen
Location of Marzhausen within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates	50°41′28″N 7°45′21″E / 50.69111°N 7.75583°E / 50.69111; 7.75583Coordinates: 50°41′28″N 7°45′21″E / 50.69111°N 7.75583°E / 50.69111; 7.75583
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Mayor	Gregor Brings
Basic statistics
Area	3.03 km2 (1.17 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m  (984 ft)
Population	254 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	84 /km2 (217 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WW
Postal code	57627
Area code	02688
Website	www.hachenburg-vg.de

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

Geography

Location

The community lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen on the edge of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz) and is characterized by agriculture. Marzhausen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1346, Marzhausen had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 7 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

The community has at its disposal a community house as well as a recreation area with barbecue pavilion and a hiking path network.

Transport

Marzhausen is linked to the long-distance highway network through Bundesstraße 414. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can me reached over Bundesstraßen 8 and 413.

References

1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf. 

External links

• Marzhausen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.