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Westerwaldkreis The Westerwaldkreis ("District of Westerwald") is a district (''Kreis'') in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighbouring districts are (from north clockwise) Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill, Limburg-Weilburg, Rhein-Lahn, the district-fr ...

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Geography

Location

The community lies between the district seat of

Montabaur Montabaur () 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 wh ...

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Hachenburg Hachenburg is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The town lies in the Westerwald between Koblenz and Siegen, roughly 10 km west of Bad Marienberg on the river Nister. Hachenburg is the administrative ...

. It lies on a brook, the Saynbach, which is joined in the middle of the village by its tributary the Steinchesbach. The nearest town is

Selters Selters is a German brand of natural mineral water sourced from wells in the area of Selters in Hesse, at the Taunus mountains. The water has been known since the Bronze Age and famous as a natural soda water because of its high concentration o ...

, 3 km away. The community is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.

Constituent communities

The community of Maxsain consists of the centres of Maxsain and Zürbach, which lies some 3 km to the east of the main centre and has about 60 inhabitants. The centre was amalgamated into the community of Maxsain with administrative reform in 1974. Worth seeing are the

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and the ''Backes'' community house in the village centre.

History

In 1194, Maxsain had its first documentary mention. The name's spelling changed over the centuries from ''Machseine'' to ''Maxeine'' and then ''Makeseyne''. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Selters was founded, to which Maxsain belongs.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (''Ortsbürgermeister''), who were elected in a

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s and wind

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is a fixture in the community and moreover, it furthers musical ability among the community's children and youth with its youth orchestra, flute groups and musical early education. Besides engagements within Maxsain, such as at the traditional

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, the Maxsainer Blaskapelle is now more often to be heard at great shooting festivals, in kermis parades and at

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s. Among the yearly highlights is a collective concert performed together with music clubs from

Sessenhausen Sessenhausen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The rural residential community of Sessenhausen lies 4 km west of Selters. The com ...

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Helferskirchen Helferskirchen is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography The village lies between the Kannenbäckerland and the Westerwald Lake District (''We ...

, which is always held on the first Saturday in November. The overall musical leadership has lain since 2005 in Christoph Zirfas's hands.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The community lies west of ''

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'' 8, leading from

Limburg an der Lahn Limburg an der Lahn (officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Limburg lies in western Hessen between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn. The ...

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. The nearest

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'' on the A 3 (

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

–

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). The nearest

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Siershahn Siershahn is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. History Clay finds from La Tène times have been unearthed here. In 1211, Siershahn had its first do ...

'' on the ''Unterwesterwaldbahn'' (railway), which runs to

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. The nearest

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stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

Public institutions

There is a campground with an outdoor swimming pool within Maxsain's municipal area.

References

External links

Maxsain in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate Westerwaldkreis {{Westerwaldkreis-geo-stub