Lochum is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a community belonging to a ''
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns.
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Westerwaldkreis
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Rhineland-Palatinate
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Germany
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Geography
The village is located in the northeast of Koblenz on the Westerwald Lake Plateau. The residential community of Lochum belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality. Its administrative center is the homonym town.
History
In 1048, Lochum had its first documentary mention.
Politics
The municipal council is made up of 9 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (''Bürgermeister''), who were elected in a
majority vote
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Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
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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 s ...
InterCityExpress
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railway station
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