Salz, Rhineland-Palatinate

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Salz
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Salz
Salz, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany)
Salz, Rhineland-Palatinate
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Wallmerod
Mayor Rainer Malm
Basic statistics
Area 4.96 km² (1.9 sq mi)
Elevation 320 m  (1050 ft)
Population 933  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 188 /km² (487 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WW
Postal code 56414
Area code 06435
Website www.wallmerod.de
Location of Salz within Westerwaldkreis district
Map

Coordinates: 50°30′36″N 7°57′49″E / 50.51, 7.96361

Salz 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 Rennerod. It 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 1150, Salz 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] Culture and sightseeing

[edit] Buildings

The Catholic parish church of St. Adelphus is a Romanesque basilica with a Late Gothic quire. Lying buried in the church is one of Ludwig van Beethoven’s grandfathers.

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] Transport

Just west of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, linking Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Diez on the A 3 (CologneFrankfurt), some 13 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.