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Basisdaten
State:	Rhineland-Palatinate
District:	Westerwaldkreis
Location:	Template:Coordinate Text
Elevation:	488 Metre
Area:	9,96 km²
Population:	5,874 (December 31, 2004)
Population Density:	590/km²
Zip Code:	56470
Vorwahl:	02661
Kfz-Kennzeichen:	WW
Gemeindeschlüssel:	07 1 43 206
Stadtgliederung:	3 Ortsteile
Adresse der Stadtverwaltung:	Büchtingstraße 3 56470 Bad Marienberg
Website:	www.badmarienberg.de
E-Mail-Address:	verbandsgemeinde@bad-marienberg.de
Politics
Govenor:	Ernst Dankwart Neufurth SPD
Location of Bad Marienberg in Westerwaldkreis

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Geography

The town is located in the Westerwald mountains between Limburg an der Lahn and Siegen. Past it, from east to west, flows the river Nister. Bad Marienberg is divided into three districts, named Eichenstruth, Langenbach und Zinhain. The Westerwald is a mountain chain in Germany. ... Front of the cathedral Limburg an der Lahn (Limburg on the Lahn river) is a small German town, the capital of the district Limburg-Weilburg in the west of Hesse. ... Siegen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

Bad Marienberg is also the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Marienberg, which consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"): A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...

History

Bad Marienberg was the capital of the Oberwesterwaldkreis, from 1866 to 1939. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Politics

Stadtrat(town council)

Bad Marienberg's town council has 23 members, and elects its mayor from among their number.

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Mayor

As of 2004 Ernst-Dankwart Neufurth (SPD) was the mayor of Bad Marienberg. It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with SPD (disambiguation). ...

City partnerships

Bad Marienberg has city partnerships with Marienberg in the Ore Mountains, and with Pagny-sur-Moselle in France. In the 19th century the Erzgebirge mountains were a centre for lace making. ...

Economics

Nearby roads

• B 414, Hohenroth - Hachenburg.
• Haiger-Burbach -> Autobahn A 45 Dortmund - Gießen, 22 km distant.
• The nearest ICE train station is in Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt line.
• The nearest airport is Siegerland EDGS, about 20 minutes away on the A45.

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Famous people from Bad Marienberg

• Katja Burkard
• Gerhard Roth
• Anette Rückes

External links

• Stadt Bad Marienberg
• Verbandsgemeinde Bad Marienberg