Freirachdorf

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Freirachdorf
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Freirachdorf (Germany)
Freirachdorf
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald)
Mayor Raimund Schneider
Basic statistics
Area 4.28 km² (1.7 sq mi)
Elevation 275 m  (902 ft)
Population 696  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 163 /km² (421 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56244
Area code 02680
Website www.selters-ww.de

Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 7°42′54″E / 50.58389, 7.715

Freirachdorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Freirachdorf lies 1 km from Herschbach and 7 km from Selters (Westerwald).

[edit] History

In 1190, Freirachdorf had its first documentary mention. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded, which Freirachdorf also joined.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeisterin), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Businesses

[edit] Transport

Southwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Dierdorf on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). 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.