Halbs

Halbs is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Westerburg.

Geography

Halbs is 3 km north of Westerburg on a hill surrounded by forest and field range.

Neighboring towns are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.

History

Halbs belonged to the early 19th century to the reign Westerburg and came in 1806 in the wake of the formation of the Confederation of the Rhine under Napoleon the Grand Duchy of Berg. 1813 came Halbs temporarily to the House of Orange -Nassau and as a result the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the Duchy of Nassau. Under the management of the Nassau community Halbs belonged to the caste domination Leiningen- Westerburg in the Official Rennerod. In 1858 lived in Halbs 41 families with 145 inhabitants. 1866 was the Duchy of Nassau, and thus Halbs the Kingdom of Prussia.

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

Parish council

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

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • North of the village, the B 255 runs leading from Montabaur to Herborn.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Diez at the A 3
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
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