Lautzenbrücken

Lautzenbrücken
Location of Lautzenbrücken within Westerwaldkreis district
Lautzenbrücken is located in Germany
Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken
Coordinates: 50°40′25″N 7°57′52″E / 50.67361°N 7.96444°E / 50.67361; 7.96444
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Karsten Lucke[1]
Area
 • Total4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Elevation
501 m (1,644 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total456
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56472
Dialling codes02661
Vehicle registrationWW
WebsiteGemeinde Lautzenbrücken

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

Geography

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Location

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Lautzenbrücken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Constituent communities

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Lautzenbrücken has two outlying centres named Hohensayn und Eisenkaute.

History

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In 1262, Lautzenbrücken had its first documentary mention as Luytzebrucke.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

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South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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