Winkelbach

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

Geographical location

The community lies at approximately 300 m altitude in the Westerwald between Limburg and victories in top Wiedtal. East of the village flows the Wied. Neighboring towns are in the northwest Wahlrod, in the northeast and southwest Hattert and southern Höchstenbach and Welkenbach. The hamlet Krambergsmühle partly belongs to the municipality of Wied.

History

Winkelbach was first mentioned in 1262 in a document.

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

Parish council

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

Traffic

• Directly through the town the B 8 leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg runs.
• The nearest motorway junctions are in Dierdorf, Neuwied or on the A 3 Frankfurt- Cologne, about 25 kilometers away.
• The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur the high-speed line Cologne-Rhine/Main.