Unnau

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Unnau

Municipality

Location of Unnau within Westerwaldkreis district

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Coordinates: 50°38′55″N 7°54′30″E﻿ / ﻿50.64861°N 7.90833°E﻿ / 50.64861; 7.90833
Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
District| Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.| Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Subdivisions| 3
Government

• Mayor (2019-24) | Iris Wagner[1]
Area

• Total

| 8.14 km2 (3.14 sq mi)
Elevation

| 390 m (1,280 ft)
Population

(2022-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 1,953
• Density| 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

57648

Dialling codes| 02661
Vehicle registration| WW
Website| www.bad-marienberg.de

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

## Geography

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The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen. Through the community flows the Große Nister. Unnau belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

## History

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In 1000, Unnau had its first documentary mention.

In 1969 came the merger of the until then three autonomous communities of Unnau, Korb and Stangenrod into the new greater community of Unnau.

## Politics

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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.

## Economy and infrastructure

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### Transport

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North of the community runs Bundesstraße 414, leading from Hohenroth to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (Dortmund-Hanau), some 24 km away. Unnau lies on the Oberwesterwaldbahn (railway) to Limburg and Au (Sieg). From there, the cities of Cologne, Koblenz, Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden may be reached directly. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

### Established businesses

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* Erwin Häbel GmbH – sign factory
* Hans-Jürgen Babst – Electrical installation

## References

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

## External links

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* Unnau in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)

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Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis

* Ailertchen
* Alpenrod
* Alsbach
* Arnshöfen
* Astert
* Atzelgift
* Bad Marienberg
* Bannberscheid
* Bellingen
* Berod bei Wallmerod
* Berzhahn
* Bilkheim
* Boden
* Bölsberg
* Borod
* Brandscheid
* Breitenau
* Bretthausen
* Caan
* Daubach
* Deesen
* Dernbach
* Dreifelden
* Dreikirchen
* Dreisbach
* Ebernhahn
* Eitelborn
* Elbingen
* Ellenhausen
* Elsoff
* Enspel
* Ettinghausen
* Ewighausen
* Fehl-Ritzhausen
* Freilingen
* Freirachdorf
* Gackenbach
* Gehlert
* Gemünden
* Giesenhausen
* Girkenroth
* Girod
* Goddert
* Görgeshausen
* Großholbach
* Großseifen
* Guckheim
* Hachenburg
* Hahn am See
* Hahn bei Marienberg
* Halbs
* Hardt
* Hartenfels
* Härtlingen
* Hattert
* Heilberscheid
* Heiligenroth
* Heimborn
* Helferskirchen
* Hellenhahn-Schellenberg
* Hergenroth
* Herschbach, Selters
* Herschbach, Wallmerod
* Heuzert
* Hilgert
* Hillscheid
* Höchstenbach
* Hof
* Höhn
* Höhr-Grenzhausen
* Holler
* Homberg
* Horbach
* Hübingen
* Hüblingen
* Hundsangen
* Hundsdorf
* Irmtraut
* Kaden
* Kadenbach
* Kammerforst
* Kirburg
* Kölbingen
* Kroppach
* Krümmel
* Kuhnhöfen
* Kundert
* Langenbach bei Kirburg
* Langenhahn
* Lautzenbrücken
* Leuterod
* Liebenscheid
* Limbach
* Linden
* Lochum
* Luckenbach
* Mähren
* Marienrachdorf
* Maroth
* Marzhausen
* Maxsain
* Merkelbach
* Meudt
* Mogendorf
* Molsberg
* Montabaur
* Mörlen
* Mörsbach
* Moschheim
* Mudenbach
* Mündersbach
* Müschenbach
* Nauort
* Nentershausen
* Neuhäusel
* Neunkhausen
* Neunkirchen
* Neustadt
* Niederahr
* Niederelbert
* Niedererbach
* Niederroßbach
* Niedersayn
* Nister
* Nisterau
* Nister-Möhrendorf
* Nistertal
* Nomborn
* Nordhofen
* Norken
* Oberahr
* Oberelbert
* Obererbach
* Oberhaid
* Oberrod
* Oberroßbach
* Ötzingen
* Pottum
* Quirnbach
* Ransbach-Baumbach
* Rehe
* Rennerod
* Roßbach
* Rotenhain
* Rothenbach
* Rückeroth
* Ruppach-Goldhausen
* Salz
* Salzburg
* Schenkelberg
* Seck
* Selters
* Sessenbach
* Sessenhausen
* Siershahn
* Simmern
* Stahlhofen
* Stahlhofen am Wiesensee
* Staudt
* Stein-Neukirch
* Stein-Wingert
* Steinebach an der Wied
* Steinefrenz
* Steinen
* Stockhausen-Illfurth
* Stockum-Püschen
* Streithausen
* Unnau
* Untershausen
* Vielbach
* Wahlrod
* Waigandshain
* Waldmühlen
* Wallmerod
* Weidenhahn
* Welkenbach
* Welschneudorf
* Weltersburg
* Weroth
* Westerburg
* Westernohe
* Wied
* Willingen
* Willmenrod
* Winkelbach
* Winnen
* Wirges
* Wirscheid
* Wittgert
* Wölferlingen
* Zehnhausen bei Rennerod
* Zehnhausen bei Wallmerod

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