Breitenau, Germany

Breitenau
Coat of arms of Breitenau
Location of Breitenau within Westerwaldkreis district
Breitenau is located in Germany
Breitenau
Breitenau
Breitenau is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Breitenau
Breitenau
Coordinates: 50°29′53″N 7°41′26″E / 50.49806°N 7.69056°E / 50.49806; 7.69056
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictWesterwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.Ransbach-Baumbach
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Jürgen Berleth[1]
Area
 • Total
6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Elevation
205 m (673 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
712
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
56237
Dialling codes02623
Vehicle registrationWW
Websitewww.breitenau.de

Breitenau is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Breitenau belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ransbach-Baumbach, a kind of collective municipality.

  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.