Luckenbach

This article is about Luckenbach in Germany. For other uses, see Luckenbach (disambiguation).

Luckenbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Luckenbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Luckenbach Luckenbach
Coordinates: 50°42′20″N 7°50′5″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Hachenburg
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Dieter Bethke
Area
• Total	3.61 km2 (1.39 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	659
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57629
Dialling codes	02662
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.luckenbach-ww.de

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

Geography

The village lies northeast of Koblenz in the valley of the Kleine Nister. Luckenbach belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality.

History

In 1366, Luckenbach had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 13 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

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund–Gießen), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

• Official website (in German)