Steinebach an der Wied
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Steinebach an der Wied | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Steinebach an der Wied within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Steinebach an der Wied  Steinebach an der Wied | |
| Coordinates: 50°36′36″N 7°48′17″E / 50.61000°N 7.80472°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
| Subdivisions | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Heinz Schneider[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.30 km2 (3.20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 820 |
| • Density | 99/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57629 |
| Dialling codes | 02662 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.steinebach-wied.de |
Steinebach an der Wied is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Location
On the southern boundary of the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg (a kind of collective municipality whose seat is in the like-named town), in the northwest of the Westerwaldkreis, on the Westerwald Lake Plateau and on the Wied lies the community of Steinebach an der Wied.
Constituent communities
Steinebach an der Wied's Ortsteile are Steinebach, Schmidthahn, Langenbaum and Seeburg.
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.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
In the community are found the ruins of a castle, Burg Steinebach (on the Wied).
