Halbs

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Halbs
Coat of arms of Halbs
Coat of arms
Halbs   is located in Germany
Halbs
Halbs
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Location of Halbs within Westerwaldkreis district
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Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor Rudi Kessler
Area
 • Total 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 354
 • Density 170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56457
Dialling codes 02663
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.westerburger-land.de

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

Geography

Location

Halbs lies 3 km north of Westerburg on a bank in the middle of a wooded and field area. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.

Neighbouring communities

Bordering on Halbs are Ailertchen, Hergenroth and Stahlhofen am Wiesensee.

Politics

Community council

The 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 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

North of the community runs Bundesstraße 255, leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

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