Waigandshain

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

Waigandshain
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Waigandshain within Westerwaldkreis district
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Coordinates: 50°38′41″N 8°5′7″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Rennerod
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Jürgen Höppner[1]
Area
• Total	4.05 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	221
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56477
Dialling codes	02664
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.rennerod.de

Geography

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.

History

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

Politics

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

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

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 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 16 km away. The nearest Intercity Express stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Established businesses

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References

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.

External links

• Waigandshain in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)