Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 7.41 km² Local time Monday 7:06 AM Dialling code 02664 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Elevation 535 m (1,755 ft) Postal codes 56479 Population 980 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56479 Municipal assoc. Rennerod | |
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Rehe (simplified Chinese: 热河; traditional Chinese: 熱河; pinyin: Rèhé; literally: "Hot River"; Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠯᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠭᠣᠣᠯ) is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56479 Rehe, Germany
Location
The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg. Within the municipal area is found the Krombach Reservoir. Rehe belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History
About 1300, Rehe 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.
Transport
Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 14 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.