Wahlrod
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Wahlrod | |
Coat of arms | Location |
Administration | |
Country | Germany |
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State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Westerwaldkreis |
Municipal assoc. | Hachenburg |
Mayor | Eberhard Dineiger |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 5.99 km² (2.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 290 m (951 ft) |
Population | 879 (31/12/2006) |
- Density | 147 /km² (380 /sq mi) |
Other information | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | WW |
Postal code | 57614 |
Area code | 02680 |
Website | www.wahlrod.de |
Location of Wahlrod within Westerwaldkreis district | |
Wahlrod 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 northern Westerwaldkreis and borders on Altenkirchen district. Wahlrod belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Hachenburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Palatinate. Its seat is in the like-named town.
[edit] History
In 1249, Wahlrod had its first documentary mention.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Community council
The council is made up of 13 council members, including the honorary mayor (Bürgermeister), 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 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Siegburg. The nearest Autobahn interchanges are in Dierdorf and Neuwied on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt), some 25 km away. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
[edit] External links
- Wahlrod (German)
- Wahlrod in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.