Westerwald (church district)
The Westerwald district is one of the eleven districts of the Limburg diocese . The Westerwald district is located in the Rhineland-Palatinate part of the diocese and includes the Westerwald district including individual communities in the neighboring districts.
Size and location
The district is one of the largest in the diocese both in terms of area and in terms of the number of Catholics and parishes. The district area extends from the Stelzenbach communities ( Gackenbach ) in the south to Bad Marienberg in the north. The largest city in the district is Montabaur . A total of around 108,000 Catholics live in the congregations, which are largely still structured as a national church. For comparison: The diocese of Limburg with its eleven districts has a total of 669,271 (December 31, 2008 / AP2010). The area is divided into 3 deaneries with 9 new-type parishes, in which there are 69 parishes. District dean is Peter Hofacker.
Deanery Montabaur
Pastoral room St. Marien in the Augst
- Assumption of Mary, Eitelborn
- St. Anna, Neuhausel
- St. Josef, Kadenbach
- St. Peter and Paul, Arzbach ( Rhein-Lahn district )
- St. Rochus, Simmern
Parish of a new type St. Peter Montabaur-Stelzenbachgemeinden
- St. John d. Baptist, Horressen - Elgendorf ( Montabaur )
- St. Peter in Ketten, Montabaur
- St. Bartholomew, Gackenbach-Kirchähr
- St. Laurentius, Oberelbert
- St. Magaretha, Holler
- St. Wendelin, Stahlhofen
- St. Josef, Niederelbert
- St. Johannes Baptist, Welschneudorf
Parish of the new type St. Laurentius Nentershausen
- St. Laurentius, Nentershausen (including the municipality of Eppenrod in the Rhein-Lahn district )
- St. Kilian, Nomborn
- Assumption of Mary, Heilberscheid
- St. Aegidius, Berod
- Most Holy Trinity, Großholbach
- St. Katharina, Niedererbach
- St. Josef, Goergeshausen
- St. Petrus and Marcelinus, Heiligenroth
- St. Antonius Hermit, Dreikirchen
- St. Matthias, Steinefrenz
- St. Sebastian, Weroth
- St. Goar, Hundsangen
- St. John the Baptist, Hundsangen - Obererbach
- Maria Queen, Wallmerod
Deanery Ransbach
Parish of the new type Sankt Anna Herschbach
- Birth of Mary, Marienhausen ( Neuwied district )
- Assumption of Mary, Marienrachdorf
- St. Anna, Herschbach
- St. Antonius Erem., Hartenfels
- St. Boniface, Selters
- St. Peter & Paul, willow cock
- St. Josef, Sessenhausen
- Heart of Jesus, Schenkelberg
Parish of a new type of St. Peter and Paul in Kannenbäckerland
- St. Antonius, Baumbach
- St. Georg, Breitenau
- St. Markus, Ransbach
- St. Peter and Paul, Höhr-Grenzhausen
- St. Joseph, Hillscheid
- St. John the Baptist, Nauort
- St. Anna, Stromberg ( Mayen-Koblenz district )
Parish of the new type St. Bonifatius Wirges
- Mary Conception, Ebernhahn
- St. Boniface, Wirges
- St. Laurentius, Dernbach
- Mary Help of Christians, Bannberscheid
- Maria Hilfe der Christisten, Ötzingen
- St. Josef, Leuterod
- Assumption of Mary, Helferskirchen
- Heart of Jesus, Siershahn
- St. Bartholomew, Staudt
- St. Paulus, Moschheim
Deanery Rennerod
Parish of the new type Maria Himmelfahrt Hachenburg
- Maria Queen, Hattert
- Assumption of Mary, Hachenburg (including the municipality of Berod in the Altenkirchen district )
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Streithausen-Marienstatt
- Herz Jesu, Merkelbach
- Maria Conception, Mörlen
- Assumption of Mary, Nistertal
- St. Johannes, Norken
- Assumption of Mary, Bad Marienberg
Parish of the new type St. Franziskus in the High Westerwald
- The birth of the Virgin, Irmtraut
- St. Hubertus, Rennerod
- St. Kilian, Seck
- St. Wendelinus, Ailertchen
- Maria Visitation, Höhn
- St. Josef, Schönberg
- St. Johannes, forest mills
Parish of the new type Liebfrauen Westerburg
- Pilgrimage Church of Liebfrauen, Westerburg
- Christ-King, Westerburg
- Heart of Jesus, Langenhahn
- Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rothenbach
- Visitation of the Virgin Mary, Kölbingen
- St. Bartholomew, Pottum
- St. Martin, Rotenhain
- St. Margaretha, Hahn
- St. Adelphus, salt
- St. Johannes, Guckheim
- St. Margaretha, Herschbach
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Facilities
The following institutions exist in the Westerwald church district:
- Office for Catholic Religious Education, Montabaur
- Caritas Association Westerwald / Rhein-Lahn
- Catholic adult education, Bildungswerk Westerwald-Rhein-Lahn
- Catholic office for youth work Westerwald / Rhein-Lahn
- Catholic family education center Westerwald / Rhein-Lahn