Niederahr

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Niederahr
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Niederahr
Niederahr (Germany)
Niederahr
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Mayor Hermann Girhard
Basic statistics
Area 4.03 km² (1.6 sq mi)
Elevation 300 m  (984 ft)
Population 828  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 205 /km² (532 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56414
Area code 02602
Website www.wallmerod.de
Location of Niederahr within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°29′31″N 7°51′40″E / 50.49194, 7.86111

Niederahr 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 Hachenburg. Through the community flows the Ahrbach. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wallmerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] History

In 959, Niederahr had its first documentary mention.

[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 through the community runs Bundesstraße 255, linking Montabaur and Rennerod. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 5 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

[edit] Established businesses

Westfalia Separator makes decanters at its Niederahr works.

[edit] External links

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