Kundert

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Kundert.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 43 |lat_sec = 07
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 47 |lon_sec = 31
Lageplan = Kundert im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 300
Fläche = 3.14
Einwohner = 268
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 57629
Vorwahl = 02662
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 252
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/kundert www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/kundert]
Bürgermeister = Burkhard Schneider

Kundert is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The residential community of Kundert 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 in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, in the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.

History

In 1346, Kundert had its first documentary mention under the name "Kunderoed". Kundert was once an agriculturally oriented village, but nowadays is more a residential community.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 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 Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Freudenberg, 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.

Public institutions

The community has at its disposal a public footbal ground and playground, a well developed hiking path network, its own barbecue pavilion and two timber-frame houses of the "Kinderkrebshilfe Unnau" (“Unnau Children’s Cancer Help”). There is also a community bakehouse in Kundert with a long baking tradition. Furthermore, there is a mixed choir that contributes considerably to community life.

External links

* [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/kundert/index.html Kundert in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon

* [http://www.kundert.de/ Historical view of the community] de icon