Steinen () is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Steinen lies 5 km from Herschbach and 7 km from Selters on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. In the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden - unser Dorf hat Zukunft ("Our village should be lovelier – our village has a future"), Steinen has been recognized several times. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the town of the same name.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 13 council members, and the honorary, presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister).
References
External links Steinen (Westerwald) Verbandsgemeinde of Selters