Mudenbach
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Mudenbach | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Mudenbach within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Mudenbach  Mudenbach | |
| Coordinates: 50°40′4″N 7°44′7″E / 50.66778°N 7.73528°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Christa Hülpüsch[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.78 km2 (1.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 295 m (968 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 753 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (410/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57614 |
| Dialling codes | 02688 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | mudenbach |
Mudenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Location
The community lies in the northern Westerwald on the river Wied. The community is mainly agriculturally structured. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
Constituent communities
Mudenbach has one outlying centre named Hanwerth.
History
In 1270, Mudenbach had its first documentary mention.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
