Weltersburg

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Weltersburg

Coat of arms
Weltersburg
Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E / 50.52333; 7.96056Coordinates: 50°31′24″N 7°57′38″E / 50.52333°N 7.96056°E / 50.52333; 7.96056
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Westerwaldkreis
Municipal assoc. Westerburg
Government
 • Mayor Gisela Benten
Area
 • Total 2.66 km2 (1.03 sq mi)
Elevation 400 m (1,300 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 300
 • Density 110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 56459
Dialling codes 06435
Vehicle registration WW
Website www.weltersburg.de

Weltersburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

Weltersburg lies 4 km southeast of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality found only in Rhineland-Pfalz. Its seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Community council

The council is made up of 7 council members, including the extraofficial mayor (Bürgermeister), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 13 June 2004.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

South of the community runs Bundesstraße 8, leading from Limburg an der Lahn to Hennef. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013. 

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Towns and municipalities in Westerwaldkreis
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