Wahlrod

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Wahlrod
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Wahlrod
Wahlrod (Germany)
Wahlrod
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
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
Map

Coordinates: 50°39′1″N 7°43′13″E / 50.65028, 7.72028

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 (CologneFrankfurt), 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

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