Gackenbach

Gackenbach
Coat of arms
Gackenbach
Location of Gackenbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Coordinates: 50°22′10″N 7°51′36″E / 50.36944°N 7.86000°E / 50.36944; 7.86000Coordinates: 50°22′10″N 7°51′36″E / 50.36944°N 7.86000°E / 50.36944; 7.86000
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor	Hans Ulrich Weidenfeller
Area
• Total	4.75 km2 (1.83 sq mi)
Elevation	300 m (1,000 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	520
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	06439
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.gackenbach-ww.de

Gackenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

Gackenbach lies in the Buchfinkenland in the southern Westerwald as well as in the geographical triangle between Koblenz, Limburg an der Lahn and Montabaur in the middle of the Nassau Nature Park.

Dies lies below Gackenbach in the Gelbach Valley. It has roughly 70 to 75 inhabitants and is in a pleasant setting on the Gelbach.

The constituent community of Kirchähr also lies in the Gelbach Valley and consists mainly of the Karlsheim Kirchähr, a youth and meeting centre of the Bishopric of Limburg with its own campground for tents on the other side of the Gelbach.

In 1290, Gackenbach had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

In Gackenbach is found the Wild- und Freizeitpark Westerwald (“Westerwald Wilderness and Amusement Park”), where visitors can observe many native species of animal as well as wisent in their natural habitat in an area of 4 ha. Also, there are a petting zoo, barbecue pits and a 400-m-long summer toboggan run.

F. Stephan Medizintechnik GmbH manufactures devices for medical use.