Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 290 m (950 ft) Area 140 ha Population 437 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 02623 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Ransbach-Baumbach Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Thursday 8:42 PM Postal code 56235 | |
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Hundsdorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of Hundsdorf, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen on the edge of the Kannenbäckerland, a region known for its ceramics industry. Hundsdorf belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality.
History
In 1243, Hundsdorf had its first documentary mention as Hunisdorp.
Community council
The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Regular events
Each year, between Ascension and Whitsun, a Western town is built here in which Western and Indian clubs recreate the atmosphere of the Wild West for a few days under authentic conditions.
In early August each year, Hundsdorf holds its kermis.
Transport
The A 48 with its Höhr-Grenzhausen interchange (AS 12) lies 6 km away. The A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) with its Ransbach-Baumbach interchange lies only 5 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.