Berzhahn
Berzhahn | |
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Location of Berzhahn
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Berzhahn | |
  Berzhahn Location within Germany  Berzhahn Location within Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Coordinates: 50°32′24″N 8°00′24″E / 50.54000°N 8.00667°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Markus Hof[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.26 km2 (1.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 310 m (1,020 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 496 |
| • Density | 152/km2 (394/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56459 |
| Dialling codes | 02663 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.berzhahn.de |
Berzhahn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Berzhahn lies on the north slope of the broad woodland 4 km southeast of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
History
[edit]In 1338, Berzhahn had its first documentary mention.
Politics
[edit]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 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Berzhahn has a stop at the Limburg-Altenkirchen railway, which is served by the local trains of the line RB90 (Limburg - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au (Sieg) - Kirchen - Siegen). From Limburg and Au (Sieg) station there are straight connections to Frankfurt/Main, Wiesbaden, Koblenz, Cologne and Aachen. Berzhahn is located in the Tarifwabe (fare zone) 429 of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM).
Southeast of the municipality runs Bundesstraße 255, which leads from Montabaur to Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt am Main).
The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur and Limburg Süd on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
For electricity production, the villages Salz and Berzhahn share a wind farm on their ground.
References
[edit]- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
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