Image Coa: | DEU Waldmühlen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 50.5872°N 8.0636°W |
Image Plan: | Waldmühlen im Westerwaldkreis.png |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Westerwaldkreis |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Rennerod |
Elevation: | 405 |
Area: | 3.10 |
Postal Code: | 56479 |
Area Code: | 02664 |
Licence: | WW |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 43 303 |
Website: | Waldmühlen auf VG Rennerod Website |
Mayor: | Guntram Janz[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Waldmühlen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen und Limburg. Waldmühlen belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town. The Holzbach crosses Bundesstraße 54 at the community's edge.
In the 15th century, Waldmühlen had its first documentary mention as Walkmohle.
The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 26 March 2006.
Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 54, linking Limburg an der Lahn with Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are Herborn and Haiger-Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund - Gießen), and also Montabaur and Limburg-Nord on the A 3 (Cologne - Frankfurt), all between 20 and 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stops are the railway stations at Montabaur and Limburg-Süd on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.