Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 318 m (1,043 ft) Area 4.63 km² Population 980 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 06435 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Wallmerod Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Friday 2:57 PM Postal code 56414 | |
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Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
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Map of Herschbach, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg.
Constituent communities
Herschbach has two outlying centres named Wahnscheid and Lochheim.
History
In 1290, Herschbach had its first documentary mention as Haderichsbach.
Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Transport
Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.