Kirburg

Kirburg
Kirburg
	Coat of arms of Kirburg; Coat of arms
	Coat of arms of Kirburg; Coat of arms
	Kirburg
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Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Alfred Graics
Area
• Total	4.05 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	559
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	57629
Dialling codes	02661
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.bad-marienberg.de

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

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg und Siegen. The Wäschebach, which belongs to the Sieg drainage basin, flows through the municipal area. Kirburg belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

In 1215, Kirburg had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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