Nister-Möhrendorf

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Nister-Möhrendorf
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Nister-Möhrendorf
Nister-Möhrendorf (Germany)
Nister-Möhrendorf
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Rennerod
Mayor Rolf Haas
Basic statistics
Area 2.97 km² (1.1 sq mi)
Elevation 530 m  (1739 ft)
Population 330  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 111 /km² (288 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56477
Area code 02667
Website www.rennerod.de
Location of Nister-Möhrendorf within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°39′23″N 8°4′40″E / 50.65639, 8.07778

Nister-Möhrendorf 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 Limburg and Siegen. Through the community flows the Große Nister. Nister-Möhrendorf belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rennerod, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.

[edit] History

Both places had their first documentary mention in 1300. They were united in 1929.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Community council

The council is made up of 8 council members who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Running right through the community is Bundesstraße 414, leading from Herborn to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Haiger/Burbach on the A 45 (DortmundAschaffenburg), some 16 km away. 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.