Elsoff

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen von Elsoff.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 34 |lat_sec = 33
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 06 |lon_sec = 58
Lageplan = Elsoff im Westerwaldkreis.pngBundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Westerwaldkreis
Verbandsgemeinde = Rennerod
Höhe = 370
Fläche = 9.44
Einwohner = 980
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 56479
Vorwahl = 02664
Kfz = WW
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 43 218
Adresse-Verband = Hauptstraße 55
56477 Rennerod
Website = [http://www.elsoff.de/ www.elsoff.de]
Bürgermeister = Willi Halm

Elsoff (Westerwald) is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a community belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde" – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Siegen (35 km to the north), Wetzlar (28 km to the east) and Limburg an der Lahn (22 km to the south). Elsoff belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 6 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

* Kirche Elsoff (church)
* Kapelle Mittelhofen (chapel)
* Way of the Cross at the Heispel

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

West of the community runs "Bundesstraße" 54, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegen. The nearest Autobahn interchange is "Herborn" on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

External links

* [http://www.elsoff.de/ Elsoff (Westerwald)] de icon