Country Germany District Westerwaldkreis Elevation 275 m (902 ft) Area 4.28 km² Population 662 (31 Dec 2008) Dialling code 02680 | State Rhineland-Palatinate Municipal assoc. Selters (Westerwald) Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Local time Friday 7:37 AM Postal code 56244 | |
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Freirachdorf is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The community belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters, a kind of collective municipality.
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Map of Freirachdorf, Germany
Location
Freirachdorf lies 1 km from Herschbach and 7 km from Selters (Westerwald).
History
In 1190, Freirachdorf had its first documentary mention. In 1972, in the course of municipal restructuring, the Verbandsgemeinde of Selters was founded, which Freirachdorf also joined.
Community council
The council is made up of 12 council members, as well as the honorary and presiding mayor (Ortsbürgermeisterin), who were elected in a majority vote in a municipal election on 7 June 2009.
Businesses
Transport
Southwest of the community runs Bundesstraße 413 leading from Bendorf to Hachenburg. The nearest Autobahn interchange is Dierdorf on the A 3 (Cologne–Frankfurt). The nearest InterCityExpress stop is the railway station at Montabaur on the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed rail line.