Lochum

Lochum is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Hachenburg.

Geographical location

The place is located northeast of Koblenz on the southern elevation of the Valley of Nister near the Westerwald Lake. Neighboring towns are Alpenrod in the north, Stockum - Püschen and Rotenhain in the west and Linden in the southwest. Lochum is surrounded by Monsberg ( 468 m) in the north and the Wildenhahn ( 497 m ) in the south of the town.

History

1048 Lochum was first mentioned in a document.

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

Parish council

The local council in Lochum 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.

Traffic

The community is located between the federal highways 413 and Bendorf Hachenburg connects the leads 414 of the Old Churches direction Herborn and the 255 that connects Montabaur and Marburg. The Federal Highway 3 to the junction Montabaur ( AS 40 ) is 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.