Kuhnhöfen

Kuhnhöfen is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality.GeographyLocationThe community lies in the Westerwald in the Westerwald Lake Plateau drainage basin.HistoryIn 1590, Kuhnhöfen had its first documentary mention as Cunhoff uff der Steinen.PoliticsCommunity councilThe council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.Economy and infrastructureTransportRight near the community runs 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 away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.