Siershahn is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

– in the Westerwaldkreis

Westerwaldkreis

The Westerwaldkreis is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany...

 in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, Germany

Germany

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.

History

Clay finds from La Tène times

La Tène culture

The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture named after the archaeological site of La Tène on the north side of Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, where a rich cache of artifacts was discovered by Hansli Kopp in 1857....

 have been unearthed here. In 1211, Siershahn had its first documentary mention as Sigarshagen.

Community council

The council is made up of 21 council members, with the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

	CDU	FWG Siershahn	Bürgerliste Siershahn	Total
2004	8	8	4	20 seats

Economy and infrastructure

Siershahn’s biggest firm, and the one richest in tradition is Cera Tech (formerly Keramchemie), still employing most of the villagers. Nearby, during the Second World War, was a prison camp.

Siershahn has several bypass roads so that heavy vehicles do not drive through the community as they once did.

Transport

The nearest Autobahn interchange

Interchange (road)

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 is Mogendorf on the A 3 (Cologne

Cologne

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–Frankfurt), some 2 km away. Siershahn was once an important railway hub between Limburg

Limburg an der Lahn

Limburg an der Lahn is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany.-Location:Limburg lies in western Hesse between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn....

, Gießen

Gießen

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 and Cologne. Links to Limburg, however, have been cut with all lines being closed down over the years. The nearest InterCityExpress

InterCityExpress

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