Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis

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Brandscheid
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Coat of arms of Brandscheid
Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis (Germany)
Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Mayor Erhard Meutsch
Basic statistics
Area 3.03 km² (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation 420 m  (1378 ft)
Population 520  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 172 /km² (444 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56459
Area code 02663
Website www.brandscheid.de
Location of Brandscheid within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°33′39″N 7°55′13″E / 50.56083, 7.92028

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

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Brandscheid lies on a mountain slope in the broad woodlands west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is 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.