Kuhnhöfen

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kuhnhöfen within Westerwaldkreis district

(2019–24) Gerhard Hehl^[1]Area

• Total1.68 km² (0.65 sq mi)Elevation

390 m (1,280 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total156 • Density93/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

56244

Dialling codes02666Vehicle registrationWWWebsitewww.wallmerod.de

Kuhnhöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald in the Westerwald Lake Plateau drainage basin.

History

In 1590, Kuhnhöfen had its first documentary mention as Cunhoff uff der Steinen.

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

Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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