Berod bei Wallmerod
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Berod bei Wallmerod | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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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 | |
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 (Cologne–Frankfurt 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.
[edit] External links
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.