District Westerwaldkreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 4.65 km² Postal code 57629 Dialling code 02666 | Elevation 467 m (1,532 ft) Postal codes 57629 Local time Sunday 12:58 AM Population 326 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Lochum is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of Lochum, Germany
Location
The village is located in the northeast of Koblenz on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. The residential community of Lochum belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its administrative center is the homonym town.
History
In 1048, Lochum had its first documentary mention.
Community council
The council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Transport
The community lies between Bundesstraßen 255, linking Koblenz and Hachenburg, and 414, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. Bundesautobahn 3 with its Montabaur interchange (AS 40) lies 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.