Hahnstätten

Hahnstätten
Coat of arms of Hahnstätten
Location of Hahnstätten within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district

Location of Hahnstätten
Hahnstätten   is located in Germany
Hahnstätten
Hahnstätten
Location within Germany
Hahnstätten   is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Hahnstätten
Hahnstätten
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°18′16″N 8°04′11″E / 50.3044°N 8.06969°E / 50.3044; 8.06969
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Aar-Einrich
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Joachim Egert[1]
Area
 • Total
10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Elevation
145 m (476 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)[2]
 • Total
3,033
 • Density283/km2 (734/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
65623
Dialling codes06430
Vehicle registrationEMS, DIZ, GOH
Websitewww.hahnstaetten.de

Hahnstätten (German pronunciation: [haːnˈʃtɛtn̩]) is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the association community of Aar-Einrich. It is situated on the river Aar, approx. 10 km south of Limburg an der Lahn, and 35 km east of Koblenz. In 1949 the conductor Bruno Weil was born here.

Hahnstätten was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Hahnstätten.

There is a large limestone quarry, operated by Schaefer Kalk.

The Schaefer Kalk quarry

Traffic

Former railway station on the Aartal railway line

The town is located on the Aar Valley Railway. Train service on the section has been discontinued in 1986. Nowadays Diez is the nearest railway station, located on the Lahntal railway. Nowadays, the local bus line number 570 runs primary beside the Aar Valley Railway.

Local buses serve the town nowadays and it is located in the area of Rhine-Moselle transport association (VRM), zone number 522.

References

  1. ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.