# Merkelbach

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For the Dutch photographer and cinematographer, see [J.W. Merkelbach](/source/J.W._Merkelbach).

**Merkelbach** 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).

## Geography

The community lies in the [Westerwald](/source/Westerwald) between [Limburg](/source/Limburg_an_der_Lahn) and [Siegen](/source/Siegen). It belongs to the [*Verbandsgemeinde* of Hachenburg](/source/Hachenburg_(Verbandsgemeinde)), a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the [like-named town](/source/Hachenburg).

## History

The first mention of Merkelbach was recorded in 1418.

## Politics

The municipal council is made up of 10 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (*Bürgermeister*), who were elected in a [majority vote](/source/Plurality_voting_system) in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

## Economy and infrastructure

The community lies right on *[Bundesstraße](/source/Bundesstra%C3%9Fe)* 413, leading from [Bendorf](/source/Bendorf) (near [Koblenz](/source/Koblenz)) to Hachenburg. The nearest [Autobahn](/source/Autobahn) [interchanges](/source/Interchange_(road)) are in [Dierdorf](/source/Dierdorf) and [Neuwied](/source/Neuwied) on the [A 3](/source/Bundesautobahn_3) ([Cologne](/source/Cologne)–[Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt_am_Main)). 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). The community is linked by [bus](/source/Bus) connections every two hours to Hachenburg and the InterCityExpress station at Montabaur.

## 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

- (in German)
- [Merkelbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages](https://www.hachenburg-vg.de/gemeinden/merkelbach.html) (in German)

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