Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) () is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.
Geography
The municipality lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Hachenburg. Herschbach has two outlying centres named Wahnscheid and Lochheim.
History In 1290, Herschbach had its first documentary mention as Haderichsbach.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Economy and infrastructure Herschbach is located in the zone 423 of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM).
Running right through the municipality is Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg). The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 11 km.
Herschbach was connected to the Cross Westerwald railway (Montabaur - Wallmerod - Westerburg - Rennerod - Herborn), but nowadays this line between Montabaur and Wallmerod is only in service for fright trains and from Fehl-Ritzhausen to Rennerod station touristic Railbike tours take place, organized by the interest group IG Westerwald-Querbahn e. V. (IWQ).
Today nearest train stops are Steinefrenz (line RB29) and Westerburg (line RB90).
The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
External links Herschbach (Oberwesterwald) in the collective municipality’s Web pages