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Mountain range in Germany
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Westerwald is a low mountainous region in Germany which encompasses parts of Hesse (Hessen), Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).
By plane
Nearest airports are Frankfurt (FRA), Cologne/Bonn (CGN), and Hahn (HHN)
By bus
Stations of intercity buses are in Frankfurt (near central station, exit south/Stuttgarter Straße), Cologne/Bonn (at the airport, at the central station, exit Breslauer Platz and train station…
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Köln (Cologne) · International · CGN
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Montabaur is a smallish town in Rhineland Palatinate mostly famous among the wider German public due to being home to an ICE stop on the Cologne-Frankfurt line, only some 20 km (12 mi) away from the stop in Limburg-South.
Rengsdorf is a small town on the edge of the Westerwald above the Middle Rhine Valley.
Siegen is a city of 103,000 people (2019) in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen). It is home to the University of Siegen and a campus of FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management.
Limburg an der Lahn is in Hesse. The town is famous for its marvellous mediaeval town centre with its timber-framed houses and its Dom (cathedral).
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