Horbach, Westerwaldkreis

Horbach
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Horbach within Westerwaldkreis district
Horbach Show map of Germany Horbach Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°22′23″N 7°51′10″E / 50.37306°N 7.85278°E / 50.37306; 7.85278
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Montabaur
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Christoph Büttner[1]
Area
• Total	3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Elevation	305 m (1,001 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	712
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	56412
Dialling codes	06439
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.vg-montabaur.de

Horbach (German pronunciation: [ˈhɔʁbax]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The municipality lies in the Westerwald south of Montabaur in the Nassau Nature Park. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Montabaur, a kind of collective municipality.

In 1486, Horbach had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Horbach's location in the so-called Buchfinkenländchen is symbolized by the common chaffinch in the municipality's arms. The wavy bend stands for one of the headwater streams that builds the Daubach, which rises in Horbach. The heraldic lily refers to the name's meaning (horo = swamp), recalling as it does a kind of lily that grows in wetlands. The tinctures red and silver were the heraldic colours borne by the Electorate of Trier.

The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt) some 9 km away.

• Horbach in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)