Westerburg
Sign in to saveWesterburg () is a small town of roughly 6,000 inhabitants in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is named after the castle built on a hill above the medieval town centre (Burg is German for “castle”)
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Westerburg - Schlossberg.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Westerburg Schlossberg the castle and the Evangelical castle church
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Westerburg COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Westerburg im Westerwaldkreis.png
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Westerwaldkreis
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Westerburg
- German location.elevation
- 343
- German location.area
- 18.48
- German location.postal_code
- 56457
- German location.area_code
- 02663
- German location.licence
- WW
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 1 43 308
- German location.divisions
- 3
- German location.mayor
- Janick Pape
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
- German location.party
- CDU
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5868
- Area
- 18.48
- Elevation
- 343
- Official website
- www.stadt-westerburg.de
- Image
- Westerburg - Schloss Kirche und Altstadt (KD.RLP 1 06.2015).jpg
- Dialing code
- 02663
- Licence plate code
- WW
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- Westerburg
- postal code
- 56457
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- Westerburg
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Westerburg () is a small town of roughly 6,000 inhabitants in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is named after the castle built on a hill above the medieval town centre (Burg is German for “castle”)
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