Norken Explained

Image Coa:DEU Norken COA.svg
Coordinates:50.6728°N 7.8978°W
Image Plan:Norken in WW.png
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde:Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Elevation:458
Area:5.99
Postal Code:57629
Area Code:02661
Licence:WW
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 43 280
Website:www.norken.de
Mayor:Simone Jungbluth[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Norken 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 on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. The community is also between the Große Nister and Kleine Nister. Norken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1262, Norken had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Regular events

At Easter, the traditional Eierschibbeln – a kind of Easter egg roll – is celebrated.

Economy and infrastructure

Running right near the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Herborn to Altenkirchen. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (DortmundHanau), some 26 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1430000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis