Lautzenbrücken

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan = Lautzenbrücken im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Höhe = 501
Fläche = 4.28
Einwohner = 393
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56472
Vorwahl = 02661
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 255
Gliederung = 2
Adresse-Verband = Kirburger Straße 4
56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Website = [http://www.bad-marienberg.de/verwaltung/lautzen.php Gemeinde Lautzenbrücken]
Bürgermeister = Kai Kober

Lautzenbrücken 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 and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Lautzenbrücken 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.

Constituent communities

Lautzenbrücken has two outlying centres named Hohensayn und Eisenkaute.

History

In 1262, Lautzenbrücken had its first documentary mention as "Luytzebrucke".

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

South of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.lautzenbruecken.de/ Lautzenbrücken]
* [http://www.bad-marienberg.de/verwaltung/lautzen.php Lautzenbrücken in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon