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Montabaur | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Montabaur within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Montabaur  Montabaur | |
| Coordinates: 50°26′15″N 7°49′33″E / 50.43750°N 7.82583°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Montabaur |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Gabriele Wieland[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.61 km2 (12.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 14,595 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56410 |
| Dialling codes | 02602 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www.montabaur.de |
Montabaur (German pronunciation: [ˈmɔntabaʊɐ]) is a town and the district seat of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. At the same time, it is also the administrative centre of the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur – a kind of collective municipality – to which 24 other communities belong. The town is known throughout the country for its strikingly yellow castle and its InterCityExpress railway station on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.