Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 3.03 km² Local time Thursday 5:57 PM Dialling code 02663 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Westerburg Postal codes 56459 Population 490 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 56459 | |
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Brandscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Map of 56459 Brandscheid, Germany
Location
Brandscheid lies on a mountain slope in the broad woodlands west of Westerburg. Since 1972 it has belonged to what was then the newly founded Verbandsgemeinde of Westerburg, a kind of collective municipality.
Transport
Northwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 255 leading from Montabaur to Herborn. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Montabaur on the A 3. The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.
References
Brandscheid, Westerwaldkreis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA