Dreisbach, Westerwaldkreis

Dreisbach ( dialect: Draasbich ) is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Marienberg (Westerwald ).

Geographical location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and victories. The Nister, which belongs to the catchment area of ​​the victory, flows in an east-west direction through the local area.

To Dreisbach include residential places Country Haus Daheim, Markushof, yard Nistertal and yard to the High Linde.

History

Dreisbach was first documented in 1252.

The development of the population of Dreisbach, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Parish council

The local council in Dreisbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 by majority vote, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Culture and sights

→ see the list of cultural monuments in Dreisbach

Traffic

• South of the town, the B 255 runs leading from Montabaur to Herborn.
• The nearest motorway junction is Montabaur, about 22 kilometers to the A3 Cologne Frankfurt am Main.
• The nearest railway station is the ICE Montabaur station on the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.

Others

Since 1982 takes place in Dreisbach annually on the first Saturday in August, the biker party Westerwald, one of the oldest and biggest motorcycle events in Germany, instead. Some editions of the events took place miscarriage Ritzhausen and Norken in the nearby towns. Traditionally meet at the festival and camping grounds in Dreisbach motorcyclists from all over Germany, partly from German neighbors. In the 30th edition of the event in 2011, the rock band Tito & Tarantula appeared as a headliner. On August 7, 2004, even the German metal queen Doro Pesch visited the biker party. A few years later, on 1 August 2009 there was also the German metal band Grave Digger guest.