Norken

Norken
Coat of arms
Norken
Location of Norken within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°40′22″N 7°53′52″E / 50.67278°N 7.89778°ECoordinates: 50°40′22″N 7°53′52″E / 50.67278°N 7.89778°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Friedrich-Wilhelm Wagner
Area
• Total	5.99 km^2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	984
• Density	160/km^2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	57629
Dialling codes	02661
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.norken.de

Norken 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. The community is also between the Große Nister and Kleine Nister. Norken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1262, Norken had its first documentary mention.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Regular events

At Easter, the traditional Eierschibbeln – a kind of Easter egg roll – is celebrated.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Running right near the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Herborn to Altenkirchen. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 26 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.

External links

• Norken (German)
• Norken in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)