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Kroppach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The agriculturally structured residential community of Kroppach belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.


Geography

The community lies between Hachenburg and Altenkirchen and is described as the gateway to the Kroppach Switzerland nature and landscape conservation area.


History

In 1199, Kroppach had its first documentary mention. In 1999, this event was the subject of a celebratory publication (''Festschrift''). Kroppach was for a long time the seat of a tithe court and had its own court seal. In 1661, a so-called ''Kirchspiel-Winterschule'' (“parish winter school”) was established, which 70 years later, beginning in 1731, was also run the year round.


Politics

The municipal council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a
majority vote A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Websterhiking paths and panoramas into the Nister Valley is a recognized nature and landscape conservation area.


Economy and infrastructure

South of the community runs '' Bundesstraße'' 414, leading from
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to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen,
Wilnsdorf Wilnsdorf is a municipality in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography The southern municipal limits, with the Kalteiche peak, part of the Rothaargebirge, form not only the community's highest point, at ...
and Herborn on the A 45 (
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Gießen). The nearest
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stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.


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Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub