Westerburg | |
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 Westerburg Schlossberg the castle and the Evangelical castle church | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Westerburg within Westerwaldkreis district  | |
  Westerburg  Westerburg | |
| Coordinates: 50°33′50″N 7°58′21″E / 50.56389°N 7.97250°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Westerwaldkreis |
| Municipal assoc. | Westerburg |
| Subdivisions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Janick Pape[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.48 km2 (7.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 343 m (1,125 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,883 |
| • Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 56457 |
| Dialling codes | 02663 |
| Vehicle registration | WW |
| Website | www |
Westerburg (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛstɐˌbʊʁk] ) is a small town of roughly 6,000 inhabitants in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is named after the castle built on a hill above the medieval town centre (Burg is German for “castle”)
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Westerwaldkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.