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Lochum

Coordinates: 50°36′38″N 7°51′35″E / 50.61056°N 7.85972°E / 50.61056; 7.85972
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Lochum
Coat of arms of Lochum
Location of Lochum within Westerwaldkreis district
Lochum is located in Germany
Lochum
Lochum
Lochum is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Lochum
Lochum
Coordinates: 50°36′38″N 7°51′35″E / 50.61056°N 7.85972°E / 50.61056; 7.85972
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Hachenburg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Frank Petmecky[1]
Area
 • Total4.65 km2 (1.80 sq mi)
Elevation
467 m (1,532 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total319
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
57629
Dialling codes02666
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.hachenburg-vg.de/08_gemeinden/lochum

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

Geography

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The village is located in the northeast of Koblenz on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. The residential community of Lochum belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its administrative center is the homonym town.

History

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In 1048, Lochum had its first documentary mention.

Politics

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The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

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The community lies between Bundesstraßen 255, linking Koblenz and Hachenburg, and 414, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. Bundesautobahn 3 with its Montabaur interchange (AS 40) lies 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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