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Waigandshain

Waigandshain
Coat of arms of Waigandshain
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Waigandshain   is located in Germany
Waigandshain
Waigandshain
Coordinates: 50°38′41″N 8°5′7″E / 50.64472°N 8.08528°E / 50.64472; 8.08528Coordinates: 50°38′41″N 8°5′7″E / 50.64472°N 8.08528°E / 50.64472; 8.08528
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Government
 • Mayor Ernst-Theo Jung
Area
 • Total 4.05 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation 530 m (1,740 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 209
 • Density 52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56477
Dialling codes 02664
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.rennerod.de

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

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg. the Breitbach Reservoir lies within the municipal area. Waigandshain belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

In 1346, Waigandshain had its first documentary mention as Wiganshen.

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.


Right near the community, Bundesstraßen 54 linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg cross each other. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundAschaffenburg), some 16 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.


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