Daubach, Westerwaldkreis
Daubach | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Daubach
within Westerwaldkreis district
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Location of Daubach | |
Daubach Daubach | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′28″N 7°50′53″E / 50.39111°N 7.84806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Thorsten Hahn[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.51 km2 (0.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 298 m (978 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 480 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/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.vg-montabaur.de |
Daubach (German pronunciation: [ˈdaʊbax]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
The municipality lies west of Bundesautobahn 3, five kilometres from Montabaur, to the lee of the Stelzenbach Forest, above the Gelbach Valley and only seven kilometres from the Lahn Valley with its episcopal town, Limburg an der Lahn.
History
In 1343, Daubach had its first documentary mention. Daubach is nowadays a residential municipality without any established industry. The grocer's shop closed in 2000. The building of the municipality's own chapel in the 1990s may be described as a highlight.
Politics
municipality council
The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Coat of arms
The approval for the municipality to bear its own arms was granted on 14 April 1981 by the government assistant.
References
- ^ 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.
Further reading
- Hermann-Josef Hucke: Daubach im Wandel der Zeit 1343 - 1993
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