# Kroppach

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{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = Kroppach3.jpg
|image_coa            =DEU Kroppach COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|50|41|44|N|7|44|25|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan          = Kroppach im Westerwaldkreis.png
|state        = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district         = Westerwaldkreis
|Verbandsgemeinde  = Hachenburg
|elevation              = 319
|area            = 3.97
|postal_code               = 57612
|area_code           = 02688
|licence               = WW
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 250
|website           = [http://www.gemeinde-kroppach.de/ www.gemeinde-kroppach.de]
|mayor             = Michael Birk<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2019&ndash;24
}}
'''Kroppach''' is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)'' – in the [Westerwaldkreis](/source/Westerwaldkreis) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). The agriculturally structured residential community of Kroppach belongs to the [''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Hachenburg](/source/Hachenburg_(Verbandsgemeinde)), a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Hachenburg).

==Geography==

The community lies between [Hachenburg](/source/Hachenburg) and [Altenkirchen](/source/Altenkirchen_(Westerwald)) and is described as the gateway to the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.

==History==
In 1199, Kroppach had its first documentary mention. In 1999, this event was the subject of a celebratory publication (''Festschrift''<!--Don’t link it; the en:WP describes something different.-->). Kroppach was for a long time the seat of a [tithe](/source/tithe) court and had its own court seal. In 1661, a so-called ''Kirchspiel-Winterschule'' (“parish winter school”) was established, which 70 years later, beginning in 1731, was also run the year round.

==Politics==

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

==Culture and sightseeing==

===Parks===
The local recreation area, called the ''Kroppacher Schweiz'', or “Kroppach Switzerland”, with its many [hiking](/source/hiking) paths and panoramas into the Nister Valley is a recognized nature and landscape conservation area.

==Economy and infrastructure==
The train station named "Ingelbach" of the [Limburg-Altenkirchen railway](/source/Limburg-Altenkirchen_railway) is located at the border of Kroppach and Ingelbach.
South of the community runs ''[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)'' 414, leading from [Hohenroth](/source/Hohenroth) to [Hachenburg](/source/Hachenburg). The nearest [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [interchange](/source/interchange_(road))s are in [Siegen](/source/Siegen), [Wilnsdorf](/source/Wilnsdorf) and [Herborn](/source/Herborn_(Hesse)) on the [A&nbsp;45](/source/Bundesautobahn_45) ([Dortmund](/source/Dortmund)&ndash;[Gießen](/source/Gie%C3%9Fen)).
The nearest [InterCityExpress](/source/InterCityExpress) stop is the [railway station](/source/railway_station) at Montabaur on the [Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line](/source/Cologne-Frankfurt_high-speed_rail_line).

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.gemeinde-kroppach.de/ Kroppach] {{in lang|de}}

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