Kuhnhöfen

Kuhnhöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Kuhnhöfen
Coat of arms
Location of Kuhnhöfen within Westerwaldkreis district
Kuhnhöfen
Kuhnhöfen
Coordinates: 50°32′00″N 7°51′47″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Wallmerod
Government
 • MayorManfred Schlaut
Area
 • Total1.68 km2 (0.65 sq mi)
Elevation
390 m (1,280 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total165
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56244
Dialling codes02666
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.wallmerod.de

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald in the Westerwald Lake Plateau drainage basin.

History

In 1590, Kuhnhöfen had its first documentary mention as Cunhoff uff der Steinen.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.


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