Berod bei Wallmerod

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Berod bei Wallmerod
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Berod bei Wallmerod
Berod bei Wallmerod (Germany)
Berod bei Wallmerod
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Mayor Berthold Schönberg
Basic statistics
Area 3.92 km² (1.5 sq mi)
Elevation 300 m  (984 ft)
Population 542  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 138 /km² (358 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56414
Area code 06435
Website www.wallmerod.de
Location of Berod bei Wallmerod within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°28′54″N 7°56′10″E / 50.48167, 7.93611

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

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

The community lies in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Wetzlar. Through the community from north to south flows the Eisenbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

[edit] History

In 1292, Berod had its first documentary mention as Berrinrode.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Right near the community runs Bundesstraße 8 linking Altenkirchen (Westerwald) and Limburg an der Lahn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt am Main), some 10 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is at the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.