Norken

Norken
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Norken within Westerwaldkreis district
Interactive map of Norken
Location within Germany Show map of Germany Location within Rhineland-Palatinate Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 50°40′22″N 7°53′52″E / 50.67278°N 7.89778°E / 50.67278; 7.89778
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc.	Bad Marienberg (Westerwald)
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Simone Jungbluth
Area
• Total	5.99 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Elevation	458 m (1,503 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	978
• Density	163/km2 (423/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	57629
Dialling codes	02661
Vehicle registration	WW
Website	www.norken.de

Norken is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The community lies in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen on the boundary with North Rhine-Westphalia. The community is also between the Große Nister and Kleine Nister. Norken belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Marienberg, a kind of collective municipality. Its seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1262, Norken had its first documentary mention.

Politics

The municipal council is made up of 16 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Regular events

At Easter, the traditional Eierschibbeln – a kind of Easter egg roll – is celebrated.

Economy and infrastructure

Norken is connected to the public bus transport through the lines 455, 483, 960 and 962 and located in the area of the transport association Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Mosel (VRM). Running right near the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Herborn to Altenkirchen. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Siegen and Wilnsdorf on the A 45 (Dortmund–Hanau), some 26 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

External links

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

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