Fachbach

Fachbach () is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Bad Ems-Nassau.

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German location.type: Ortsgemeinde
German location.image_coa: DEU Fachbach COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Fachbach in EMS.svg
German location.state: Rheinland-Pfalz
German location.district: Rhein-Lahn-Kreis
German location.Verbandsgemeinde: Bad Ems-Nassau
German location.elevation: 76
German location.area: 2.23
German location.postal_code: 56133
German location.area_code: 02603
German location.licence: EMS, DIZ, GOH
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 07 1 41 041
German location.website: www.fachbach.de
German location.mayor: Dieter Görg
German location.leader_term: 2019–24

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Population: 1277
Area: 2.23
Elevation: 76
Official website: www.vgben.de/gemeinden/fachbach
Image: 2018 Nieverner Huette Fachbach Oberau (01).jpg
Dialing code: 02603
Licence plate code: EMS

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postal code: 56133
Commons category: Fachbach
P8168: Karl-Heinz Hopp

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Fachbach () is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Bad Ems-Nassau.

==History== Fachbach got its name from the Fachbach creek (literally: wicker basket creek). The official website states that the inhabitants fished trouts in former times with a wicker basket they called "Fach". The creek was first mentioned in 959 A.D., the village itself 1371 AD.