Moschheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Moschheim
within Westerwaldkreis district
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 Location of Moschheim | |
  Moschheim  Moschheim | |
| Coordinates: 50°28′57″N 7°50′30″E / 50.48250°N 7.84167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Wirges |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Norbert Nöller[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.44 km2 (1.33 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 272 m (892 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 751 |
| • Density | 218/km2 (565/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56424 |
| Dialling codes | 02602 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.moschheim.de |
Moschheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]The community lies north of Montabaur on the Kannenbäckerstraße (“Jug Bakers’ Road”, a reference to the local ceramics industry). The community has since 1971 belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Wirges, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
In the north of the municipal area stands the Malberg, which at 422 m above sea level is one of the greatest elevations in the area.
History
[edit]In 1362, Moschheim 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 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]East of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 3 km away.
Moschheim had a station at the Cross Westerwald railway (Montabaur - Wallmerod - Westerburg - Rennerod - Herborn), nowadays this line is only in service for fright traffic.
The nearest access to train service is at Wirges on the Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway (RB29).
The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- Moschheim (in German)
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