Heimborn

Heimborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Heimborn
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Heimborn within Westerwaldkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°42′46″N 7°45′19″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Katja Krüger
Area
• Total	3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation	220 m (720 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	264
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57629
Dialling codes	02688
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.hachenburg-vg.de

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, at the forks of the Nister in the middle of the Kroppach Switzerland.

Constituent communities

Heimborn's Ortsteile are Heimborn and Ehrlich.

History

In 1346, Heimborn had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Heimborn in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)