Stahlhofen am Wiesensee

Coat of arms

Location of Stahlhofen am Wiesensee within Westerwaldkreis district

Coordinates: 50°35′15″N 7°59′25″E / 50.58750°N 7.99028°ECoordinates: 50°35′15″N 7°59′25″E / 50.58750°N 7.99028°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Günther Raspel

Area

• Total

2.42 km² (0.93 sq mi)

Population (2013-12-31)^[1]

• Total

320

• Density

130/km² (340/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

56459

02663

Website

www.stahlhofen-am-wiesensee.de

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is not to be confused with Stahlhofen, another community in the same district, but in the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur.

Geography

Location

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee lies 3 km northeast of Westerburg, on a bank near the Wiesensee’s west shore. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Neighbouring communities

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee’s neighbours are Pottum, Hergenroth, Winnen and Halbs.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The old village school from 1830 is a protected monument.

Sport

The Wiesensee (lake) has an area of roughly 80 ha and offers not only hikes around it but also bathing, sailing, surfing and angling. Near the lake is also found a golf course.

View of the lake in summer

View of the lake in winter

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

North of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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

External links

Stahlhofen am Wiesensee (German)

Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis

Ailertchen Alpenrod Alsbach Arnshöfen Astert Atzelgift Bad Marienberg Bannberscheid Bellingen Berod bei Wallmerod Berzhahn Bilkheim Boden Bölsberg Borod Brandscheid Breitenau Bretthausen Caan Daubach Deesen Dernbach Dreifelden Dreikirchen Dreisbach Ebernhahn Eitelborn Elbingen Ellenhausen Elsoff Enspel Ettinghausen Ewighausen Fehl-Ritzhausen Freilingen Freirachdorf Gackenbach Gehlert Gemünden Giesenhausen Girkenroth Girod Goddert Görgeshausen Großholbach Großseifen Guckheim Hachenburg Hahn am See Hahn bei Marienberg Halbs Hardt Hartenfels Härtlingen Hattert Heilberscheid Heiligenroth Heimborn Helferskirchen Hellenhahn-Schellenberg Hergenroth Herschbach, Selters Herschbach, Wallmerod Heuzert Hilgert Hillscheid Höchstenbach Hof Höhn Höhr-Grenzhausen Holler Homberg Horbach Hübingen Hüblingen Hundsangen Hundsdorf Irmtraut Kaden Kadenbach Kammerforst Kirburg Kölbingen Kroppach Krümmel Kuhnhöfen Kundert Langenbach bei Kirburg Langenhahn Lautzenbrücken Leuterod Liebenscheid Limbach Linden Lochum Luckenbach Mähren Marienrachdorf Maroth Marzhausen Maxsain Merkelbach Meudt Mogendorf Molsberg Montabaur Mörlen Mörsbach Moschheim Mudenbach Mündersbach Müschenbach Nauort Nentershausen Neuhäusel Neunkhausen Neunkirchen Neustadt Niederahr Niederelbert Niedererbach Niederroßbach Niedersayn Nister Nisterau Nister-Möhrendorf Nistertal Nomborn Nordhofen Norken Oberahr Oberelbert Obererbach Oberhaid Oberrod Oberroßbach Ötzingen Pottum Quirnbach Ransbach-Baumbach Rehe Rennerod Roßbach Rotenhain Rothenbach Rückeroth Ruppach-Goldhausen Salz Salzburg Schenkelberg Seck Selters Sessenbach Sessenhausen Siershahn Simmern Stahlhofen Stahlhofen am Wiesensee Staudt Stein-Neukirch Stein-Wingert Steinebach an der Wied Steinefrenz Steinen Stockhausen-Illfurth Stockum-Püschen Streithausen Unnau Untershausen Vielbach Wahlrod Waigandshain Waldmühlen Wallmerod Weidenhahn Welkenbach Welschneudorf Weltersburg Weroth Westerburg Westernohe Wied Willingen Willmenrod Winkelbach Winnen Wirges Wirscheid Wittgert Wölferlingen Zehnhausen bei Rennerod Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

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