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Lautzenbrücken

Lautzenbrücken
Location of Lautzenbrücken within Westerwaldkreis district
Lautzenbrücken is located in Germany
Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Lautzenbrücken
Lautzenbrücken
Coordinates: 50°40′25″N 7°57′52″E / 50.67361°N 7.96444°E / 50.67361; 7.96444
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Subdivisions2
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Karsten Lucke[1]
Area
 • Total
4.28 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Elevation
501 m (1,644 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
456
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56472
Dialling codes02661
Vehicle registrationWW
WebsiteGemeinde Lautzenbrücken

Lautzenbrücken is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. Lautzenbrücken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Constituent communities

Lautzenbrücken has two outlying centres named Hohensayn und Eisenkaute.

History

In 1262, Lautzenbrücken had its first documentary mention as Luytzebrucke.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 20 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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