| Limbach | |
| Image Coa: | DEU Limbach (Westerwald) COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 50.7025°N 7.8022°W |
| Image Plan: | Limbach im Westerwaldkreis.png |
| State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| District: | Westerwaldkreis |
| Verbandsgemeinde: | Hachenburg |
| Elevation: | 265 |
| Area: | 3.69 |
| Postal Code: | 57629 |
| Area Code: | 02662 |
| Licence: | WW |
| Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 1 43 257 |
| Website: | www.limbach-ww.de |
| Mayor: | Ralph Hilger[1] |
| Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Limbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.
The state-recognized recreational resort (Erholungsort) lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen, on the Kleine Nister in the nature and landscape conservation area of the Kroppach Switzerland (Kroppacher Schweiz)
In 1346, Limbach had its first documentary mention in a donation document.
The municipal council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.
Since 1998, a partnership has existed with the Hungarian community of Kács.
The Brückenfest (“Bridge Festival”), held on the second Saturday in July, is the summer night event in the Kroppacher Schweiz region attracting some thousand visitors each year. It takes place on and around the local stone arch bridge from 1871.
South of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen, Wilnsdorf and Herborn on the A 45 (Dortmund - Gießen). The nearest interchanges on the A 3 (Cologne - Frankfurt) are in Montabaur und Mogendorf. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.