Goddert

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Goddert
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Goddert
Goddert (Germany)
Goddert
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald)
Mayor Karl-Heinz Kohlenberg
Basic statistics
Area 2.39 km² (0.9 sq mi)
Elevation 270 m  (886 ft)
Population 428  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 179 /km² (464 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56244
Area code 02626
Website www.selters-ww.de
Location of Goddert within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°32′57″N 7°44′49″E / 50.54917, 7.74694

Goddert is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

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[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

The rural residential community of Goddert lies 3 km north of Selters in the centre of the Westerwald.

[edit] History

In 1476, Goddert had its first documentary mention under the names Gonderode und Goderoth. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, to which Goddert belongs, was founded.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeister), who were elected in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Seat apportionment at community council:

WG Kohlenberg Grüne Total
2004 7 1 8 seats

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Mogendorf on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is 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.