Linden, Westerwaldkreis

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Linden
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen_linden_ww.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 36 |lat_sec = 12
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 51 |lon_sec = 5
Lageplan = Linden im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Hachenburg
Höhe = 464
Fläche = 2.51
Einwohner = 156
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 57629
Vorwahl = 02666
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 258
Adresse-Verband = Gartenstraße 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website = [http://www.linden-ww.de/ www.linden-ww.de]
Bürgermeister = Wilfried Baesener

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

Geography

Location

The village of Linden lies northnortheast of Koblenz between Hachenburg in the northnorthwest and Westerburg in the southeast, not far northeast of the Westerwald Lake Plateau. The community’s highest point is the Wildenhahn (496 m above sea level), which lies roughly 650 m northwest of Linden. Directly north of the village is found the source of the river Wied (an eastern tributary to the Rhine), which passes Linden just to the easr, flowing south towards the Dreifelder Weiher (lake).

Linden belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

Like many communities in the Westerwald, Linden first arose as a clearing for field cultivation. Although it had its first documentary mention in 1586, it is believed that Linden already existed by about 1315.

Amalgamations

In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Hachenburg was founded, to which Linden, together with 32 other communities, belongs.

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

Of the once 21-strong agricultural businesses, none is now left. The community’s livelihood is nowadays drawn from tourism, service industries and small industry.

Transport

Linden is connected to the national highway network by "Bundesstraße" 8, which links the community to the middle centres of Hachenburg (10 km) and Altenkirchen (6 km). The Autobahn interchanges "Mogendorf" and "Dierdorf" on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) can be reached by way of "Bundesstraßen" 8 and 413, while the "Hennef" interchange on the A 5 (AS 60) can be reached by way of "Bundesstraße" 8.

External links

* [http://www.linden-ww.de/ Linden] de icon
* [http://www.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/linden/ Linden in the collective municipality’s Web pages] de icon