Braubach

Braubach
Coat of arms of Braubach
Location of Braubach within Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district
Braubach is located in Germany
Braubach
Braubach
Braubach is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Braubach
Braubach
Coordinates: 50°16′29″N 7°38′46″E / 50.27472°N 7.64611°E / 50.27472; 7.64611
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Lahn-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Loreley
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Joachim Müller[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total
20.26 km2 (7.82 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
2,975
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56338
Dialling codes02627
Vehicle registrationEMS, DIZ, GOH
Websitewww.stadt-braubach.de
Steel engraving from Braubach with the river Rhine, around 1630.
Part of city wall
St Barbara with the Marksburg above town

Braubach is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km southeast of Koblenz. Braubach has assorted medieval architecture intact, including portions of the town wall, half-timbered buildings, and castle Marksburg on the hill above.

Braubach was the seat of the former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Braubach.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 5 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.