Stein-Neukirch

Stein-Neukirch is a municipality in the Westerwald district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Rennerod.

  • 4.1 Attractions
  • 4.2 Regular events
  • 5.1 traffic

Geographical location

The municipality of Stein-Neukirch lies in the Westerwald between victories in the north and in the south of Limburg. It lies 605 m above sea level. NN, making it the highest municipality of the Westerwald. Web head and head Salzburger are 654 m and 653 m above sea level the local mountains of Stein-Neukirch.

History

The church in the village of Neukirch was first documented in 1231. The " New Church " originally acted as defiance and fortified church. Later she was the ecclesiastical- cultural center of the settlements on the upper plateau of the Westerwald as one of the three parishes of the reign of the Westerwald. In the Middle Ages Neukirch of jurisdiction and was formed with the other two jurisdictions of the High Westerwald, Marienberg and Emmerichenhain that have long ruled by the House of Nassau domination of the Westerwald.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Stein-Neukirch 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.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "On a silver wave plate, is a growing group of four basalt columns that surrounds a silver blue church with black windows and a red roof and spire ."

The basalt columns stand for the district of stone, the church for the district Neukirch. It is therefore a so-called " canting " coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Attractions

  • Evangelical Church Neukirch

Regular events

  • On the first weekend in August, the stone - Neukircher fair will take place.
  • The Neukircher market on Monday is very popular and is traditionally celebrated.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

  • In the immediate vicinity of the place, the federal highways B 54, which connects Limburg an der Lahn with victories and the B 414, which runs from Driedorf- Hohenroth after Hachenburg cross.
  • The nearest motorway junction is Haiger / Burbach on the A45 Dortmund -, about 14 kilometers from Hanau.
  • The nearest railway stations are Burbach (Kr Siegen) on the railway line Betz Village Haiger, Daaden at the Daadetalbahn Betz village Daaden and Unnau basket and Nistertal - Bad Marienberg on the top Westerwaldbahn Au Limburg.
  • The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.
Rennerod (Verbandsgemeinde) Municipal council Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia Montabaur station Bretthausen Elsoff Hellenhahn-Schellenberg Homberg, Westerwaldkreis Irmtraut Liebenscheid Neunkirchen, Westerwaldkreis Neustadt, Westerwaldkreis Oberrod Rehe, Germany Salzburg, Germany Waigandshain Westernohe Willingen, Rhineland-Palatinate Zehnhausen bei Rennerod
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