Kroppach

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Wappen = Wappen von Kroppach.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 41 |lat_sec = 44
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Lageplan = Kroppach im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 319
Fläche = 3.97
Einwohner = 649
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 57612
Vorwahl = 02688
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 250
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.gemeinde-kroppach.de/ www.gemeinde-kroppach.de]
Bürgermeister = Rainer Räder

Kroppach is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community of Kroppach belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Geography

Location

The community lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen and is described as the gateway to the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.

History

In 1199, Kroppach had its first documentary mention. In 1999, this event was the subject of a celebratory publication ("Festschrift" ). Kroppach was for a long time the seat of a tithe court and had its own court seal. In 1661, a so-called "Kirchspiel-Winterschule" (“parish winter school”) was established, which 70 years later, beginning in 1731, was also run the year round.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Culture and sightseeing

Parks

The local recreation area, called the "Kroppacher Schweiz", or “Kroppach Switzerland”, with its many hiking paths and panoramas into the Nister Valley is a recognized nature and landscape conservation area.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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

External links

* [http://www.gemeinde-kroppach.de/ Kroppach] de icon