Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 305 m (1,001 ft) Area 3.94 km² Local time Tuesday 6:50 PM Dialling code 06439 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Montabaur Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 727 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56412 | |
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Horbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56412 Horbach, Germany
Location
The 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.
History
In 1486, Horbach had its first documentary mention.
Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Coat of arms
Horbach’s location in the so-called Buchfinkenländchen is symbolized by the common chaffinch in the community’s arms. The wavy bend stands for one of the headwater streams that builds the Daubach, which rises in Horbach. The heraldic lily refers to the name’s meaning (horo = swamp), recalling as it does a kind of lily that grows in wetlands. The tinctures red and silver were the heraldic colours borne by the Electorate of Trier.
Transport
The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) some 9 km away.