Stahlhofen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is not to be confused with Stahlhofen am Wiesensee, another community in the same district, but in the Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg.
Stahlhofen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Stahlhofen within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Stahlhofen  Stahlhofen | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′38″N 7°51′34″E / 50.39389°N 7.85944°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Patrick George[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.98 km2 (1.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 300 m (1,000 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 755 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56412 |
| Dialling codes | 02602 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.stahlhofen-westerwald.de |
Geography
editThe community lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
editIn 1387, Stahlhofen had its first documentary mention.
Politics
editCommunity council
editThe council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Coat of arms
editThe chapel in the community's arms symbolizes the age-old Wendelinuskapelle, which was replaced in the last century by the new building shown in the arms. The linden trees standing next to the chapel, which can be seen far into the surrounding countryside, are Stahlhofen's main landmark. The basalt columns stand for the rich basalt deposits the municipal area. The arms’ basic tincture, silver, and the chapel's tincture, red, are from the coat of arms formerly borne by the Electorate of Trier.
Economy and infrastructure
editThe nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 6 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line and Koblenz on the Rechte Rheinstrecke.
References
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
edit- Stahlhofen (in German)
- Stahlhofen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
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