Bölsberg

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Location of Bölsberg within Westerwaldkreis district

(2019–24) Paul Gerhard Krüger^[1]Area

• Total1.46 km² (0.56 sq mi)Elevation

470 m (1,540 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total216 • Density150/km² (380/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

57648

Dialling codes02661Vehicle registrationWWWebsitewww.bad-marienberg.de

Bölsberg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen. Bölsberg is the smallest community in the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

About 1300, Bölsberg had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

North of the community runs Bundesstraße 414 leading from Driedorf-Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.