Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 390 m (1,280 ft) Area 168 ha Postal code 56244 Dialling code 02666 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Wallmerod Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Saturday 8:34 PM Population 165 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Kuhnhöfen 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 56244 Kuhnh%C3%B6fen, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald in the Westerwald Lake Plateau drainage basin.
History
In 1590, Kuhnhöfen had its first documentary mention as Cunhoff uff der Steinen.
Community council
The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Transport
Right near the community runs 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.