Höchstenbach
Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Höchstenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Höchstenbach
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Höchstenbach | |
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| Coordinates: 50°38′01″N 7°44′41″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Anke Fuchs[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.67 km2 (2.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 718 |
| • Density | 127/km2 (328/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57629 |
| Dialling codes | 02680 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.hachenburg-vg.de |
Geography
The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen in the Wied Valley. Through the community flows the river Wied.
History
On 27 May 1269, Höchstenbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 11 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Culture and sightseeing
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Worth seeing is the village church built in the early 13th century in Romanesque transition style. Within the church are found valuable Early Gothic frescoes.
Economy and infrastructure
The community lies at the crossroads of Bundesstraßen 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg, and 413 from Bendorf (near Koblenz) to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 20 km away.
Höchstenbach used to have a stop at the Selters-Hachenburg narrow gauge railway, but the line has been closed and the tracks deconstructed.
The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
Notable people
- Andreas Balzar (known as Balzar of Flammersfeld, 1769–1797) poacher, robber and Freischärler who fought the French
