Waigandshain is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg. The Breitbach Reservoir lies within the municipal area. Waigandshain belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
History In 1346, Waigandshain had its first documentary mention as Wiganshen.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Economy and infrastructure The local bus lines 477, 480 and 972 connect Waigandahain to the public transport, the village is located in the fare zone number 444 of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM). Near the community, Bundesstraßen 54 linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen, and 414 leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg cross each other. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 16 km away. The nearest Intercity Express stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
The Wind park Waigandshain-Homberg produces sustainable electricity through twelve wind turbines.
References
External links Waigandshain in the collective municipality’s Web pages