Heimborn
Municipality
Coat of arms of Heimborn
Coat of arms
Location of Heimborn within Westerwaldkreis district
Location of Heimborn within Westerwaldkreis district
Map
Interactive map of Heimborn
Heimborn is located in Germany
Heimborn
Location within Germany
Heimborn is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Heimborn
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°42′46″N 7°45′19″E / 50.71278°N 7.75528°E / 50.71278; 7.75528
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24)Katja Krüger[2]
Area
[1]
 • Total
3.74 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)[3]
 • Total
282
 • Density75.4/km2 (195/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57629
Dialling codes02688
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de

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.

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

Heimborn is located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM), zone number 452 and connected to the public transport through the bus line 410 (Hachenburg - Wissen). 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. Heimborn is located at the Marienwanderweg, a walking path leading from Marienstatt Abbey in Streithausen to Marienthal Abbey (Westerwald).

References

  1. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2025 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.


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