Hof (Westerwald)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 1 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Height :	525 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.1 km 2
Residents:	1196 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	148 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56472
Area code :	02661
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 243
Association administration address:	Kirburger Strasse 4 56470 Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Website :	www.hof-im-westerwald.de
Local Mayor :	Jochen Becker
Location of the local community Hof in the Westerwaldkreis

Hof is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) community .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Limburg an der Lahn and Siegen . The black nest , which belongs to the catchment area of ​​the Sieg , flows through the local area.

history

The oldest known document about the village of Hof dates from 1048.

Population development

The development of the population of the municipality of Hof, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 471 1835 643 1871 633 1905 632 1939 1,052 1950 865

year Residents 1961 967 1970 1,094 1987 1,196 1997 1.317 2005 1,273 2019 1,196

politics

Municipal council

The council in farm consists of 16 council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Jochen Becker became the local mayor of Hof on August 28, 2019. In the catch-up election on August 25, 2019, he was elected for five years with 58.6% of the vote. This had become necessary because Bernd Weber, previous mayor and only candidate in the regular election in May, died shortly before the election date.

Culture and sights

→ see list of cultural monuments in Hof

Economy and Infrastructure

Business

In Hof there is the "Industriegebiet Hof Flugplatz" and the "Industriepark West".

traffic

• The B 414 runs directly through the village and leads from Hohenroth to Hachenburg .
• The next motorway junction is Haiger-Burbach on the A 45 Dortmund - Gießen , about 17 kilometers away.
• The Erbach – Fehl-Ritzhausen railway line is closed . The nearest train station is Nistertal-Bad Marienberg on the Limburg-Altenkirchen railway line . The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line, more than 30 km away.

Web links

Commons : courtyard  - collection of images

• Hof on the website of the Bad Marienberg Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Local mayor Jochen Becker appointed. Local community Hof, September 13, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Invitation to the meeting of the municipal council. Local community Hof, August 18, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Thorsten Ferdinand: Three runoff elections: 20 Wäller villages are still without a new local mayor. Westerwälder Zeitung, June 15, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2020 .