# Berzhahn

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Berzhahn
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Berzhahn.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzhahn
> Source revision: 1320752318
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

**Berzhahn** is an *Ortsgemeinde* – a municipality belonging to a *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)* – in the [Westerwaldkreis](/source/Westerwaldkreis) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany).

## Geography

Berzhahn lies on the north slope of the broad woodland 4 km southeast of [Westerburg](/source/Westerburg). Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Westerburg](/source/Westerburg_(Verbandsgemeinde)), a kind of collective municipality.

## History

In 1338, Berzhahn had its first documentary mention.

## Politics

The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (*Bürgermeister*), who were elected in a [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

## Economy and infrastructure

Berzhahn has a stop at the [Limburg-Altenkirchen railway](/source/Limburg-Altenkirchen_railway), which is served by the local trains of the line RB90 (Limburg - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen - Au (Sieg) - Kirchen - Siegen). From Limburg and Au (Sieg) station there are straight connections to Frankfurt/Main, Wiesbaden, Koblenz, Cologne and Aachen.

Southeast of the municipality runs *[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)* 255, which leads from [Montabaur](/source/Montabaur) to [Rennerod](/source/Rennerod). The nearest [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [interchanges](/source/Interchange_(road)) are *Montabaur* and *[Limburg an der Lahn](/source/Limburg_an_der_Lahn)* on the [A 3](/source/Bundesautobahn_3) ([Cologne](/source/Cologne)–[Frankfurt am Main](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main)).

The nearest [InterCityExpress](/source/InterCityExpress) stops are the [railway stations](/source/Railway_station) at Montabaur and Limburg Süd on the [Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line](/source/Cologne-Frankfurt_high-speed_rail_line).

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.

## External links

- [Berzhahn’s Internet presence](https://web.archive.org/web/20080414225622/http://www.berzhahn.de/)
- [Berzhahn in the collective municipality’s Web pages](https://web.archive.org/web/20080511163349/http://www.westerburger-land.de/haupt/gemeinden/uebersicht/unsere_gemeinden/ortsgemeinden/berzhahn/index.phtml) (in German)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Berzhahn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzhahn) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berzhahn?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.