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Mudenbach 
MudenbachLocation of Mudenbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates 50°40′4″N 7°44′7″E / 50.66778°N 7.73528°ECoordinates: 50°40′4″N 7°44′7″E / 50.66778°N 7.73528°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Westerwaldkreis Municipal assoc. Hachenburg Mayor Wolfgang Petri Basic statistics Area 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi) Elevation 295 m (968 ft) Population 781 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 163 /km2 (423 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate WW Postal code 57614 Area code 02688 Website www.hachenburg-vg.de Mudenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Geography
Location
The community lies in the northern Westerwald on the river Wied. The community is mainly agriculturally structured. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Constituent communities
Mudenbach has one outlying centre named Hanwerth.
History
In 1270, Mudenbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
Community council
The council is made up of 13 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
Transport
Mudenbach is linked to the long-distance transport network by Landesstraße 265 leading to Bundesstraße 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg and Altenkirchen. The Autobahn interchanges Mogendorf and Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can be reached by Bundesstraßen 8 and 413. The Hennef interchange on the A 5 (AS 60) can be reached directly by Bundesstraße 8.
References
- ^ "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
- Mudenbach (German)
- Mudenbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Koblenz region geography stubs
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